Etymology

nebbishlike

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Today it means: Resembling, or characteristic of, a nebbish Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English nebbish
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The story

  1. Englishnebbish
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todaynebbishlike

From nebbish + -like.

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