Where does “dafke” come from?
dafke (Hungarian) comes from Yiddish דווקא, from Aramaic דווקא — exactness.
dafke (Hungarian): just for spite
Ancestry of “dafke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | דווקא | necessarily; deliberately; precisely |
| 2 | Aramaic | דווקא | exactness |