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Where does “טאַראַקאַן” come from?

טאַראַקאַן (Yiddish) comes from Russian тарака́н.

טאַראַקאַן (Yiddish): cockroach

Definitions

  1. cockroach

Ancestry of “טאַראַקאַן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianтарака́н—
Every word from Russian тарака́н →