Where does “קאַגעבעשניק” come from?
קאַגעבעשניק (Yiddish) comes from Russian кагебешник, from Russian КГБ.
קאַגעבעשניק (Yiddish): A member of the KGB
Ancestry of “קאַגעבעשניק”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | кагебешник | an employee of the KGB, agent of the KGB, KGB... |
| 2 | Russian | КГБ | — |