Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname from Yiddish.
Borrowed from Yiddish זאַלץ (zalts, “salt”), a Jewish Ashkenazi metonymic occupational surname for a salt producer or seller.
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- Borrowed-form mentionזאַלץyi
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