Where does “Mokum” come from?

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

Mokum (Dutch): the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Definitions

  1. the city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ancestry of “Mokum”, step by step

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