nosh
English
/nɑʃ/, /nɒʃ/
noun
Definitions
- (slang) Food; a light meal or snack.
- (Polari) Fellatio.
Etymology
Derived from Yiddish נאַשן derived from Middle High German naschen (nibble) derived from Old High German naskōn (parasite, nibble) derived from *hnaskwōn (make soft, tenderise, weaken, tenderize, crush, grind).
Origin
*hnaskwōn
Gloss
make soft, tenderise, weaken, tenderize, crush, grind
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🥰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nosher English
- noshery English
- Naschkatze German
- naschen German
- naschhaft German
- naschsüchtig German
- vernaschen German
- nascōn Old High German
- naskōn Old High German
- naschen Middle High German
- נאַשן Yiddish
- *hnaskwōn gmw-pro