Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·Yiddish ·1910s
Nosh
from nashn
- Meaning
- To snack; a small informal meal.
- Source word
- nashn
- Route into English
- Yiddish *nashn* (to nibble, from Middle High German) → American English slang → British English via 20th-century London Jewish culture.
- Arrived
- 1910s
From Yiddish
Mass migration from Ashkenazi Eastern Europe to New York (1880–1920) funnelled Yiddish into American English, from where it diffused globally.
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