Etymology

kikish

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Today it means: Jewish. Full definition →

English kike ← Yiddish קײַקל (kaykl)der.? ← Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  5. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  6. Yiddishקײַקל (kaykl)der.?
  7. Englishkike
  8. English todaykikish

From kike + -ish.

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