Etymology

shkotzim

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Yiddish שקצים ← Hebrew שְׁקָצִים
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromשְׁקָצִים
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromשקצים
  3. English todayshkotzim

From Yiddish שקצים (shkotsem), from Hebrew שְׁקָצִים (shkatsím), plural of שֶׁקֶץ (shékets, “abomination”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.