Etymology

shtiebel

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Today it means: A small, informal synagogue or shul. Full definition →

Yiddish שטיבל ← Old High German stuba ← Proto-West Germanic *stubu
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*stubu
  2. Old High German · derived fromstuba
  3. Yiddish · borrowed fromשטיבל“small room/house, informal synagogue”
  4. English todayshtiebel

From Yiddish שטיבל (shtibl, “small room/house, informal synagogue”), diminutive of שטוב (shtub) + ־ל (-l) from Old High German stuba, from Proto-West Germanic *stubu. Doublet of stove and stufa.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*stubu all →

stove

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