Antedating of "Yiddish"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Oct 20 01:34:17 UTC 2012


Yiddish (OED 1875)

1871 _The Israelite_ 28 July 4 (ProQuest Historical Newpapers)  They sit without hats, say but a few words of "Yiddish."

Fred Shapiro

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