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