Etymology

gefilte fish

Today it means: Originally, a dish of stuffed fish with the skin intact. Full definition →

Yiddish געפֿילטע פֿיש ← Old High German [Term?]
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  1. Old High German · derived from[Term?]
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromגעפֿילטע פֿיש“stuffed fish”
  3. English todaygefilte fish

From Yiddish געפֿילטע פֿיש (gefilte fish, “stuffed fish”), from געפֿילט (gefilt, “stuffed”), from Old High German [Term?]. (Compare German gefüllter (“stuffed”) + Fisch (“fish”).)

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