The story
- Yiddish · borrowed fromשבת גוי
- English todayshabbos goy
Borrowed from Yiddish שבת גוי (shabes goy, literally “Sabbath gentile”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
shabbos goy
Today it means: A gentile who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on Shabbat, such as kindling fire. Full definition →
Yiddish שבת גוי