The story
- Yiddish · borrowed fromשמעקל
- English todayshmekl
Borrowing from Yiddish שמעקל (shmekl), diminutive of שמאָק (shmok), “penis; contemptible person”. Compare schmuck.
Words from the same roots
Yiddishשמעקל all →
schmeckle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.