Etymology

schmutz

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Today it means: dirt, filth Full definition →

Yiddish שמוץ ← German Schmutz
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  1. German · derived fromSchmutz
  2. Yiddish · derived fromשמוץ
  3. English todayschmutz

From Yiddish שמוץ (shmuts) or German Schmutz. Doublet of smut.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.