Where does “gajes” come from?
gajes (Dutch) comes from Yiddish גײַעס, from Hebrew גיס — brother-in-law; to conscript, to enlist someone,...
gajes (Dutch): riffraff, rabble
Ancestry of “gajes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | גײַעס | — |
| 2 | Hebrew | גיס | brother-in-law; to conscript, to enlist someone,... |
Words derived from “gajes”