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[edit] The 'ish'

Where did the 'ish' come from? Yiddish? To me, 'ish' seems to connote 'like'. Does the 'ish' in 'Jewish' have any implication of 'jew-like'? Sorry for this sheer ignorance. 212.219.239.103 (talk) 15:03, 1 April 2008 (UTC) R.E.D.

[edit] Other languages

It would be helpful to include a list of the different words for "Jew" in various languages, and the sources of their etymologies. An example of such a list (for "Germany") can be seen at Names for Germany. - Emiellaiendiay 00:38, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Or, just go to http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jew#Translations --Keeves 01:27, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. A link then, maybe? That pages is helpful, but unfortuantely it provides no explanation for the origins of some (e.g. the Slavic and related ones) that are so different from the usual. -Emiellaiendiay 01:35, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jew is from Jewry?

A much less common view is that the word Jew is from Jewry, from the Greek Ἑβραῖοι (evrei) meaning Hebrews, which some speculate comes from the ancient Egyptian hiberu or habiru, which meant "stranger". -- Who says this? Does the word "citizen" come from "citizenry"? Is this WP:OR or WP:UNDUE? Note WP:WEASEL as well. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 08:38, 2 August 2007 (UTC)