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- proper noun A
secret cant or thieves'argot spoken bycovert groups primarily in southernGermany andSwitzerland .
Etymologies
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German
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“Welsch” meant “incomprehensible”; “rot” was derived from a word for “beggar.” Rotwelsch was thus the incomprehensible language of beggars.
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The language they spoke was Rotwelsch, a mix of Yiddish, Hebrew and repurposed German that had been used for centuries by members of the itinerant underground.
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