Where does “tfilint” come from?
tfilint (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tfilin, from Yiddish תּפֿילין, from Hebrew תפילין — tefillin.
tfilint (Hungarian): accusative singular of tfilin
Definitions
- accusative singular of tfilin
Ancestry of “tfilint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tfilin | phylacteries, tefillin |
| 2 | Yiddish | תּפֿילין | tefillin |
| 3 | Hebrew | תפילין | tefillin |