Etymology

tuchus

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Today it means: The buttocks, rear end, butt. Full definition →

Yiddish תּחת ← Hebrew תַּחַת
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromתַּחַת“buttocks”
  2. Yiddish · borrowed fromתּחת“buttocks”
  3. English todaytuchus

From Yiddish תּחת (tokhes, “buttocks”), in turn from Hebrew תַּחַת (tákhat, “buttocks”).

Words from the same roots

Yiddishתּחת all →

tushie

Hebrewתַּחַת all →

tushtushie

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.