גאָרן

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Yiddish

Etymology

From a dialectal form of Early New High German Gaden n or m (chamber; floor, level, story), which had the relevant meaning in the form Garn in some Bavarian and Rhenish Franconian dialects.

Pronunciation

Noun

גאָרן (gornm, plural גאָרנס (gorns)

  1. storey (floor, level)
    Synonyms: שטאָק (shtok), עטאַזש (etazh)

References

  1. ^ Weinreich, Max (2008) History of the Yiddish Language, volume 1, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page A500
  2. ^ Garn²” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.