Where does “אָבצע” come from?

אָבצע (Yiddish) comes from Polish obcy, from Proto-Slavic obьťь — common.

אָבצע (Yiddish): foreign, strange

Definitions

  1. foreign, strange

Ancestry of “אָבצע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishobcyunfamiliar; foreign; stranger
2Proto-Slavicobьťьcommon
Every word from Proto-Slavic obьťь →Every word from Polish obcy →