קנאָבל

Yiddish

Etymology

Shortened from an earlier form ⁧קנאָבליך⁩ (knoblikh) (which was preserved in Western Yiddish), possibly because the ending was interpreted as the diminutive plural ending ⁧־לעך⁩ (-lekh); the same shortening happened in some other Germanic languages (compare e.g. Swabian Knobl vs standard German Knoblauch, which see for more).[1] Ultimately from Middle High German knobelouch.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈknɔbɫ̩/

Noun

⁧קנאָבל⁩ • (knobl) m, plural ⁧קנאָבלען⁩ (knoblen), feminine ⁧קנאָבלקע⁩ (knoblke), diminutive ⁧קנעבל⁩ (knebl)

  1. garlic

Derived terms

References
  1. Alexander Beider, Origins of Yiddish Dialects (2015)
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