עקדיש
Yiddish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German egedëhse, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German egidehsa (“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)
Synonyms
- סקאָרפּיאָן (skorpyon)