אויסלייג

Yiddish

Etymology

Probably a deverbal from אויסלייגן (oysleygn), from Middle High German ūʒlegen (“to display, set out; interpret; pronounce; lend money”).[1][2]By surface analysis, אויס־ (oys-) +‎ לייגן (leygn). Possibly under influence of אות (os, “letter”), אותיות pl (oysyes), from Hebrew אות (ot). Contrast German Auslage f (“cost or sum (of money); display (of wares)”), Auslegung f (“interpretation”).[3]

Noun

אויסלייג • (oysleyg) m

  1. spelling (a specific spelling of a word)
    Synonyms: ספּעלינג (speling), אָרטאָגראַפֿיע (ortografye)

See also

References
  1. "ūzlegen" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
  2. “auslegen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
  3. “Auslage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading
  • Alexander Harkavy (2006) “spell”, in Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 305
  • Alexander Harkavy (2006) “אויסלייג”, in Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary, New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 14
  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “אויסלייג”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 781
  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “אות”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 765
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