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דאַוונען

Unknown. Started appearing in Eastern Yiddish dialects from the 16th century. Several etymologies were proposed: from Romance, related to Latin dīvīnus or to Old French deviner (“to wish”). Another possible Romance explanation would connect davenen with a Judeo-Romance stem related to Old French devoer/devouer “to devote, consecrate” < Latin devovere. On this view, the form would have been Germani

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c. 1910Modern Hebrew

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