Etymology

shecht

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Today it means: to perform shechita, to ritually slaughter Full definition →

Yiddish שעכטן ← Hebrew שָׁחַט
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromשָׁחַט
  2. Yiddish · derived fromשעכטן
  3. English todayshecht

From Yiddish שעכטן (shekhtn), from Hebrew שָׁחַט (shakhát) (Ashkenazi Hebrew: Shókhat).

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