On Feb 27, 2013, at 9:52 AM, Glen Zorn <glenzorn(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
wrote:
On 02/27/2013 03:46 PM, Stefan Winter wrote:
Hi,
[...] ferkakte [...]
As a German, I'm now torn apart between being flattered that we've
successfully exported a German word to the U.S. and being
speechlessly shocked by the way spelling was b0rked in the process.
I believe that it's actually Yiddish.
yup:
http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/dictionary/display.php?action=search&type=rom&word=farkakt
still my bet would be that this Yiddish word has Germanic origins….
Klaas