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Where does “שנאָרן” come from?

שנאָרן (Yiddish) comes from German schnorren — to scrounge, sponge, cadge.

שנאָרן (Yiddish): to beg

Definitions

  1. to beg

Ancestry of “שנאָרן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschnorrento scrounge, sponge, cadge

Words derived from “שנאָרן”

  • shnorrer
  • schnorrer
  • shnor
  • שנאָרער
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