Etymology

Kratsmach

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Today it means: An alternative name for Christmas used by some Orthodox Jews to avoid saying Christ. Full definition →

Yiddish (איך) קראַץ מיך
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The story

  1. Yiddish · derived from(איך) קראַץ מיך
  2. English todayKratsmach

Blend of Yiddish (איך) קראַץ מיך ((ikh) krats mikh) (“(I) scratch me/myself”) + Christmas due to phonological similarity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.