Ashkenazim

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • From Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַזִּים, plural of אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי, from אַשְׁכֲּנַז, son of Gomer, grandson of Japheth, and great-grandson of Noah, mythical progenitor of the Ascanians of Phrygia, and later, in mediaeval times, identified with the Germans.

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