Where does “אשכנזי” come from?
אשכנזי (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew י, from Hebrew יָד — hand.
אשכנזי (Hebrew): Ashkenazi, Ashkenazic
Ancestry of “אשכנזי”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hebrew | י | ten; {{n-g|one of the letters of the... |
| 2 | Hebrew | יָד | hand |