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Where does “אָזשענע” come from?

אָזשענע (Yiddish) comes from Ukrainian ожи́на, from Proto-Slavic *ežina.

אָזשענע (Yiddish): blackberry

Definitions

  1. blackberry

Ancestry of “אָזשענע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianожи́на—
2Proto-Slavic*ežina—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *ežina →