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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German egedëhse, from Old High German egidehsa, from Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsijā (lizard). The shift in meaning is found in various High German dialects; the irregular change from Middle High German hs to Yiddish š, rather than the expected *ks, is particular to Yiddish, and may have been spread by biblical translations into the vernacular.
Noun
עקדיש • (ekdish) m, plural עקדישן (ekdishn)
- scorpion (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones)
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