Etymology

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Today it means: to immerse (something, especially kitchenware) into a mikveh Full definition →

Yiddish טובֿלן ← Hebrew טוֹבֵל
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromטוֹבֵל
  2. Yiddish · derived fromטובֿלן
  3. English todaytovel

From Yiddish טובֿלן (toyvln), from Hebrew טוֹבֵל (tovél), present tense of טָבַל (tavál).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.