Where does “Schnorr” come from?

Schnorr (English) comes from Yiddish שנאָרן, from German schnorren — to scrounge, sponge, cadge.

Schnorr (English): to scrounge, sponge, cadge

Definitions

  1. to scrounge, sponge, cadge

Ancestry of “Schnorr”, step by step

Schnorr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שנאָרן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשנאָרןto beg
2Germanschnorrento scrounge, sponge, cadge

via German Schnorr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchnorr—
Every word from German schnorren →Every word from Yiddish שנאָרן →