Where does “jesiva” come from?

jesiva (Hungarian) comes from Yiddish ישיבה, from Hebrew יְשִׁיבָה — meeting.

jesiva (Hungarian): yeshiva

Definitions

  1. yeshiva

Ancestry of “jesiva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishישיבה' Unpointed form of ישיבֿה
2Hebrewיְשִׁיבָהmeeting
Every word from Hebrew יְשִׁיבָה →Every word from Yiddish ישיבה →