Etymology

shiksa

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Today it means: A non-Jewish girl, especially one who is attractive and young. Full definition →

Yiddish שיקסע ← Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromשֶׁקֶץ“abomination, impure, object of loathing”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromשיקסע
  3. English todayshiksa

From Yiddish שיקסע (shikse), which is partly derived from the Hebrew שֶׁקֶץ (šeqeṣ, “abomination, impure, object of loathing”).

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