Etymology

Moishe

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Today it means: A male given name from Yiddish. Full definition →

Yiddish משה ← Hebrew משה
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromמשה
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromמשה
  3. English todayMoishe

From Yiddish משה (moyshe), from Hebrew משה (moshé).

Words from the same roots

Yiddishמשה all →

smous

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.