Where does “dibuko” come from?

dibuko (Esperanto) comes from Yiddish דיבוק, from Hebrew דבק — glue; to cling, stick, adhere, attach; to be...

dibuko (Esperanto): dybbuk

Definitions

  1. dybbuk

Ancestry of “dibuko”, step by step

dibuko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish דיבוק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדיבוקdybbuk
2Hebrewדבקglue; to cling, stick, adhere, attach; to be...

via Minangkabau buko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Minangkabaubukoopen
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbukato open
Every word from Hebrew דבק →Every word from Yiddish דיבוק →