fisnoga

English

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿיסנאָגע (fisnoge), from פֿוס (fus), from Old High German fuoȥ, + a Slavic reflex of Proto-Slavic *noga.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪs.noʊ.ɡə/

Noun

fisnoga (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of p'tcha (“calves'-foot jelly”).

References

  1. ^ Gil Marks (17 November 2010) Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, HMH, →ISBN:
    The whimsical name fisnoga from Lithuania and Latvia actually had a practical origin, as Litkvaks from the north of the country had difficulty pronouncing the sh sound and thus the word fishe (fish) and fis (foot) sounded the same; to differentiate the two homophones, the Slavic word for foot (noga) was added to the Teutonic word for foot (fis), and the term became fisnoga (literally "foot foot").

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