קנאָבל

Yiddish

Etymology

Shortened from an earlier form קנאָבליך‎ (knoblikh) (which was preserved in Western Yiddish), possibly because the ending was interpreted as the diminutive plural ending ־לעך‎ (-lekh); the same shortening happened in some other Germanic languages (compare e.g. Swabian Knobl vs standard German Knoblauch, which see for more).[1] Ultimately from Middle High German knobelouch.

Noun

קנאָבל • (knobl) m, plural קנאָבלען‎ (knoblen)

  1. garlic

References
  1. Alexander Beider, Origins of Yiddish Dialects (2015)
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