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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My guess would be that the word made it into the English vocabulary via Yiddish.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

It exists with different spellings in all the Scandinavian languages as well, borrowed from old Saxon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Makes sense. Thx.