Etymology

shadchen

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Today it means: marriage broker, matchmaker Full definition →

Yiddish שדכן ← Hebrew שַׁדְכָן
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromשַׁדְכָן
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromשדכן
  3. English todayshadchen

From Yiddish שדכן (shadkhn), from Hebrew שַׁדְכָן.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.