Where does “kosher” come from?

kosher (Spanish) comes from Yiddish כּשר, from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר — kosher.

kosher (Spanish): kosher

Definitions

  1. kosher

Ancestry of “kosher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishכּשרkosher
2Hebrewכָּשֵׁרkosher
Every word from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר →Every word from Yiddish כּשר →