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English
Etymology
From Yiddish פֿיסנאָגע (fisnoge), from פֿוס (fus), from Old High German fuoz, + a Slavic reflex of Proto-Slavic *noga.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
fisnoga (uncountable)
- Synonym of p'tcha (“calves'-foot jelly”)
References
- ^ Gil Marks (2010 November 17) Encyclopedia of Jewish Food, HMH, →ISBN:
The whimsical name fisnoga from Lithuania and Latvia actually had a practical origin, as Litkvaks from the north of the country had difficulty pronouncing the sh sound and thus the word fishe (fish) and fis (foot) sounded the same; to differentiate the two homophones, the Slavic word for foot (noga) was added to the Teutonic word for foot (fis), and the term became fisnoga (literally "foot foot").
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