To Know From Something Posted by Grant Barrett on October 14, 2017 · Add Comment The phrase he doesn’t know from (something), meaning “he doesn’t know about (something),” is a word-for-word borrowing, or calque, of a Yiddish phrase “Er veys nit fun.” This is part of a complete episode. Tagged with → Calque • etymology • Language • Linguistics • Loanword • Vey • Yiddish
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