Where does “Golus” come from?

Golus (German) comes from Yiddish גלות, from Hebrew גָּלוּת.

Golus (German): the Jewish Diaspora

Definitions

  1. the Jewish Diaspora

Ancestry of “Golus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishגלותexile; diaspora
2Hebrewגָּלוּת—
Every word from Hebrew גָּלוּת →Every word from Yiddish גלות →