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Where does “Mokum” come from?

Mokum (Dutch) comes from Yiddish מקום, from Hebrew מָקוֹם.

Ancestry of “Mokum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishמקוםplace, locale; safe haven
2Hebrewמָקוֹם—
Every word from Hebrew מָקוֹם →