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Where does “שעכטן” come from?

שעכטן (Yiddish) comes from Hebrew שָׁחַט — to slaughter; shakhát.

שעכטן (Yiddish): to slaughter; to shecht, to perform shechita, to...

Definitions

  1. to slaughter; to shecht, to perform shechita, to...

Ancestry of “שעכטן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewשָׁחַטto slaughter; shakhát

Words derived from “שעכטן”

  • shecht
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