Etymology

spodik

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Today it means: A tall hat made of black fur, traditionally worn by Hassidic Polish Jews. Full definition →

Yiddish ספּאָדיק ← Polish spodek
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The story

  1. Polish · derived fromspodek“saucer”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromספּאָדיק
  3. English todayspodik

Borrowed from Yiddish ספּאָדיק (spodik), from Polish spodek (“saucer”).

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