The story
- Yiddish · derived fromיישר כּוח
- Yiddish · borrowed fromשכּ׳ח
- English todayshkoyach
From Yiddish שכּ׳ח (shkoyekh), a shortened form of Yiddish יישר כּוח (yasher koyekh), from Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, meaning "may He (God) strengthen your strength".
Words from the same roots
Yiddishיישר כּוח all →
yasher koach
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.