Where does “מושבֿ־זקנים” come from?

מושבֿ־זקנים (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew מושב — A seat; A settlement.

מושבֿ־זקנים (Yiddish): nursing home

Definitions

  1. nursing home

Ancestry of “מושבֿ־זקנים”, step by step

מושבֿ־זקנים traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew מושב

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HebrewמושבA seat; A settlement

via Yiddish [[זקן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish[[זקן

via Yiddish זקנים]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishזקנים]]
Every word from Hebrew מושב