Where does “Aschkenasi” come from?

Aschkenasi (German) comes from Yiddish אַשכּנזי, from Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי, from Hebrew אַשְׁכֲּנַז — Ashkenaz.

Aschkenasi (German): Ashkenazi

Definitions

  1. Ashkenazi

Ancestry of “Aschkenasi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishאַשכּנזיAshkenazi
2Hebrewאַשְׁכְּנַזִּי—
3HebrewאַשְׁכֲּנַזAshkenaz
Every word from Hebrew אַשְׁכֲּנַז →Every word from Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי →Every word from Yiddish אַשכּנזי →