פֿעץ

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German veizte f (“fat, fatness”), from Old High German feizitī (“fat, fatness”), derived from feizit (“fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid. The metathesis in Yiddish (-ts in stead of -st) probably under influence of פֿעט (fet), from the same Proto-Germanic word through Middle Low German.

Noun

פֿעץ • (fets) f

  1. fat

See also

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