Where does “Chuzpe” come from?

Chuzpe (German) comes from Yiddish חוצפּה, from Aramaic חוצפא — audacity.

Chuzpe (German): chutzpah

Definitions

  1. chutzpah

Ancestry of “Chuzpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishחוצפּהchutzpah; audacity
2Aramaicחוצפאaudacity
Every word from Aramaic חוצפא →Every word from Yiddish חוצפּה →