Etymology

pushke

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Today it means: A small coin receptacle for charitable donations. Full definition →

Yiddish פּושקע ← Polish puszka
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The story

  1. Polish · derived frompuszka“can”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromפּושקע“tin can, tzedakah box”
  3. English todaypushke

Borrowed from Yiddish פּושקע (pushke, “tin can, tzedakah box”), from Polish puszka (“can”). Ultimately a doublet of box and pyxis.

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