Where does “tré” come from?
tré (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tréfli, from Yiddish טרייף, from Hebrew טְרֵפָה.
tré (Hungarian): bad, lousy, crummy
Ancestry of “tré”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | tréfli | treyf; suspicious, unreliable; treyf food |
| 2 | Yiddish | טרייף | Alternative spelling of טרייףֿ |
| 3 | Hebrew | טְרֵפָה | — |