Etymology

sheitel

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Today it means: A wig worn by married Orthodox Jewish women. Full definition →

Yiddish שייטל
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  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromשייטל
  2. English todaysheitel

From Yiddish שייטל (sheytl), cognate to German Scheitel (“parting”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.