Etymology

fleischig

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Today it means: Meaty, containing meat. Full definition →

Yiddish פֿליישיק ← German fleischig
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The story

  1. German · derived fromfleischig“meaty”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromפֿליישיק“meaty”
  3. English todayfleischig

From Yiddish פֿליישיק (fleyshik, “meaty”). Spelling influenced by German fleischig (“meaty”). Doublet of fleshy.

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