Where does “גאָלקרעם” come from?
גאָלקרעם (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קרעם, from French crème, from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, from Late Latin chrisma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα, from Ancient Greek χρίω — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
גאָלקרעם (Yiddish): shaving cream
Definitions
- shaving cream
Ancestry of “גאָלקרעם”, step by step
גאָלקרעם traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish קרעם
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | קרעם | cream |
| 2 | French | crème | cream; cool; café crème |
| 3 | Middle French | chresme | cream (milk product) |
| 4 | Old French | cresme | cream |
| 5 | Late Latin | crama | skim; nominative plural of crāmum; accusative... |
| 6 | Late Latin | chrisma | ointment |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χρῖσμα | anointing, unction; wall coating, plaster |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |