Where does “kasher” come from?
kasher (English) comes from Yiddish כּשרן, from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר — kosher.
kasher (English): To render kosher
Ancestry of “kasher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | כּשרן | to kasher; to render food kosher |
| 2 | Hebrew | כָּשֵׁר | kosher |