Where does “gojs” come from?
gojs (Dutch) comes from Dutch goj, from Yiddish גוי, from Hebrew גּוֹי — nation; gentile.
gojs (Dutch): goy, gentile in the Jewish sense of ethnic...
Definitions
- goy, gentile in the Jewish sense of ethnic...
Ancestry of “gojs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | goj | A goy, gentile in the Jewish sense of ethnic... |
| 2 | Yiddish | גוי | Gentile/gentile, non-Jew |
| 3 | Hebrew | גּוֹי | nation; gentile |