Where does “Macke” come from?

Macke (German) comes from Yiddish מכּה, from Hebrew מַכָּה, from Hebrew הִכָּה — to hit, to strike.

Macke (German): quirk; defect

Definitions

  1. quirk; defect

Ancestry of “Macke”, step by step

Macke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish מכּה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishמכּהplague; terrible misfortune; sore, wound
2Hebrewמַכָּהblow, wound; attack
3Hebrewהִכָּהto hit, to strike

via Albanian macë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmacëcat; belligerent, wild woman
2Proto-Slavicmacapussy, pussycat, female cat
Every word from Hebrew הִכָּה →Every word from Hebrew מַכָּה →Every word from Yiddish מכּה →