The story
- Yiddish · borrowed fromפֿוסגייער“wayfarer, footgoer”
- English todayfusgeyer
From Yiddish פֿוסגייער (fusgeyer, “wayfarer, footgoer”). Doublet of footgoer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fusgeyer
Today it means: a Romanian Jew who emigrated from Romania to the United States in the early 20th century; so called because they travelled across Romania on foot before oftentimes being provided with train and ship tickets by charitable Jewish organizations once they reached the Austro-Hungarian border. Full definition →
Yiddish פֿוסגייער