köken: Borrowed from Middle Low German kerl, from Old Saxon *keril, from Proto-West Germanic *karil. Cognate with Old High German karal. Akin to Dutch kerel, English churl, Old Norse karl, Danish karl.
köken: Inherited from Latin bubulcus (“herdsman”). For the /-f-/, compare gufo < būbō (“owl”), bufalo < būbalus (“buffalo”), and also tartufo < terrae tūber. Osco-Umbrian origin has been proposed, which might also explain the /-i-/: compare Volscian bim (“ox”).
A schlub, a boorish bumpkin, particularly if not Jewish.
köken: From Polish żłób (“manger, trough; furrow, large groove in the soil”). Originated in klezmer musician cant (Klezmer-loshn). The nature of the semantic shift from "manger, crib" to "boorish goy" remains unclear. In any case, by the year 1869, it had become common enough to be included in a Russian-Yiddish dictionary published in Zhytomyr. Jewish immigrants brought the word to the United States,…
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From Yiddish זשלאָב (zhlob, “goyish bumpkin, redneck”), derived from Polish żłób (“manger, furrow”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *žȇlbъ. Doublet of жёлоб (žólob, “trench, trough”), an inherited form. Originated in klezmer musician cant (Klezmer-loshn). The nature of the semantic shift from "manger, crib" to "boorish goy" remains unclear. By the year 1869 however, it had become common enough to…