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orion-list Re: orion-digest V2000 #153
Dear Orionites,
If "Chutzpah" is Yiddish, is it cognate to some German word and which one? If
so, it could be related to Greek "hubris" via Indo-European, way back. But
I'm not sure how these 2 words even sound alike, though obviously their
definitions are similar.
Thank you,
Levia Shanken
> Hope_Rosenbaum_Werner@deweyballantine.com wrote:
> List Members: First, I'm sorry that I've cross-posted. A friend and I
were
> wondering over lunch whether hubris (Greek) and chutzpah (Hebrew) could be
> cognates. I thought chutzpah was Yiddish and therefore couldn't be related
> to hubris. I appear to be wrong -- it is Hebrew. Any thoughts?
> Best Regards,
> Hope
>
> As far as I know, it's Yiddish.
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