קנאָבל
Yiddish
Etymology
Shortened from an earlier form קנאָבליך (knoblikh) (which was preserved in Western Yiddish), possibly because the ending was interpreted as the diminutive plural ending ־לעך (-lekh); the same shortening happened in some other Germanic languages (compare e.g. Swabian Knobl vs standard German Knoblauch, which see for more).[1] Ultimately from Middle High German knobelouch.
Noun
קנאָבל • (knobl) m, plural קנאָבלען (knoblen)
- garlic
References
- Alexander Beider, Origins of Yiddish Dialects (2015)