Where does “אָבצאַס” come from?

אָבצאַס (Yiddish) comes from Polish obcas, from German Absatz, from Middle High German abesaz.

אָבצאַס (Yiddish): heel of a shoe

Definitions

  1. heel of a shoe

Ancestry of “אָבצאַס”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishobcasheel
2GermanAbsatzturnover; heel; paragraph
3Middle High Germanabesaz
Every word from Middle High German abesaz