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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German stœʒel, from Old High German stōʒil, from Proto-West Germanic *stautil (compare Middle Low German stȫtele), from Proto-Germanic *stautaną + *-ilaz. Equivalent to שטויסן (shtoysn) + ־ל (-l). Compare German Stößel.
Pronunciation
Noun
שטייסל • (shteysl) m or n, plural שטייסלען (shteyslen)
- mortar (vessel for crushing with a pestle)
- pestle
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “שטייסל” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “שטייסל”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN