Where does “jesziwa” come from?

jesziwa (Polish) comes from Yiddish ישיבֿה, from Hebrew יְשִׁיבָה — meeting.

jesziwa (Polish): yeshiva

Definitions

  1. yeshiva

Ancestry of “jesziwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishישיבֿהyeshiva
2Hebrewיְשִׁיבָהmeeting
Every word from Hebrew יְשִׁיבָה →Every word from Yiddish ישיבֿה →
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