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- Yiddish · borrowed fromאַלטשולער
- English todayAltschuler
Borrowed from Yiddish אַלטשולער (altshuler), from אַלט (alt, “old”) + שולער (shuler, “schooler”), referring to the Old Synagogue (or Altschul) in Prague.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.