[lbo-talk] Obscure question on origin of ethnic slur

Andy F andyf274 at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 7 18:14:23 PDT 2005


--- Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:


>
>
> Hi y'all,
>
> Maybe somebody out there can answer something for
> me.
> Nowadays, the derogatory Russian word for Jew is
> "Zhid," which I've always thought was taken from the
> German and always had a negative connotation.

The same is the standard, non-derogatory term for Jew in Czech (which has a fair bit of German influence in vocabulary, esp. in the vernacular). I might have some background references I can get back to you with on Monday....

Andy

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