[Avodah] Pesukim LeShemos Anoshim

[Chesky Salomon via Avodah]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 10:32 PM, Isaac Balbin wrote:

> I did see someone claim the Hebrew word Chanun has the same meaning as
> the Yiddish [Zelig] but that is news to me and I'm skeptical.
>
> If someone has access to Bar Ilan I'd be interested to see the hits on
> Zelik vs Zelig.
>
> I always thought it was אשר because I came across "Usher Zelig" names.
>
> Seems the plot thickens because there is also a relationship with Selig.
>
> Google told me
>     "from the Yiddish vocabulary word selig happy, fortunate (modern German
>     selig), used as a vernacular translation of the Hebrew name Asher
>     <https://themeaningofthename.com/asher/>"


I’d thought Zelig = spirit-like, and that Usher Zelig ≈ Usher Anshel where
Anshel comes from the Latin for angel.

—Chesky Salomon
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