Where does “chucpe” come from?
chucpe (Czech) comes from Yiddish חוצפּה, from Aramaic חוצפא — audacity.
chucpe (Czech): chutzpah
Ancestry of “chucpe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | חוצפּה | chutzpah; audacity |
| 2 | Aramaic | חוצפא | audacity |