page_title: Yid
section_title: Etymology
hierarchical_section_title: Yid / Etymology
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Eine Seite aus einem Wörterbuch für Jiddisch, Latein, Hebräisch und Deutsch English: A page from Yiddish-Latin-Hebrew-German dictionary
context_page_description: The word Yid is a Jewish ethnonym of Yiddish origin. It is used as an autonym within the Ashkenazi Jewish community, and also used as slang by European football fans, anti-semites, and others. Its usage may be controversial in modern English language. It is not usually considered offensive when pronounced, the way Yiddish speakers say it, though some may deem the word offensive nonetheless. When pronounced by non-Jews, it is commonly intended as a pejorative term. It is used as a derogatory epithet by antisemites along with, and as an alternative to, the English word 'Jew'. In Britain, the word "yid" and its related term "yiddo" are also used to refer to the supporters and players of Tottenham Hotspur, originally in a derogatory manner by rival fans, but now also used as a self-designation in a non-pejorative sense by Tottenham fans.
context_section_description: The term Yid has its origins in the Middle High German word Jüde (the contemporary German word is Jude).
  Leo Rosten provides the following etymology:
  From the German: Jude: 'Jew.' And 'Jude' is a truncated form of Yehuda, which was the name given to the Jewish Commonwealth in the period of the Second Temple. That name, in turn, was derived from the name of one of Jacob's sons, Yehuda (Judah, in English), whose descendants constituted one of the tribes of Israel and who settled in that portion of Canaan from Jerusalem south to Kadesh-Barnea (50 miles south of Beersheba) and from Jericho westwards to the Mediterranean.
caption: A page from Elia Levita's Yiddish language-Hebrew-Latin-German dictionary (16th century) contains a list of nations, including an entry for Jew: Hebrew: יְהוּדִי‎ Yiddish: יוּד‎ German: Iud Latin: Iudaeus
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