Etymology

Freilich

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Today it means: A surname from Yiddish. Full definition →

Yiddish פֿריילעך
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  1. Yiddish · derived fromפֿריילעך“happy, cheerful”
  2. English todayFreilich

Ashkenazi surname, from Yiddish פֿריילעך (freylekh, “happy, cheerful”). Compare German freilich (“certainly, of course”).

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