Where does “מחותּנישאַפֿט” come from?
מחותּנישאַפֿט (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish מחותּן, from Hebrew מחותן, from Hebrew ח־ת־ן.
מחותּנישאַפֿט (Yiddish): affinity
Ancestry of “מחותּנישאַפֿט”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | מחותּן | male relative by marriage, especially... |
| 2 | Hebrew | מחותן | Married; In-law, A relative by the marriage of... |
| 3 | Hebrew | ח־ת־ן | — |