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[–] altasshet@lemmy.ca 43 points 5 days ago (2 children)

My guess would be that the word made it into the English vocabulary via Yiddish.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 12 points 5 days ago

It exists with different spellings in all the Scandinavian languages as well, borrowed from old Saxon.

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Makes sense. Thx.