שייטל
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German scheitele, from Old High German sceitila, skeitila (“crest, summit, hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaidlu, *skaidilu (“top, crown, summit”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt- (“to cut, part, separate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
שייטל • (sheytl) n, plural שייטלען (sheytlen) or שייטלעך (sheytlekh)
- sheitel (wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: sheitel
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- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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