Hello Etta -- You can see an etymology for "kishke" at http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kishke
However, my own derivation is: *kishkes *= testicles <* Yiddish* < *reversal of* Hebrew alef-shin-khaf @eSHeKH = testicle, gonad (at a time when the aleph had a GHT/CHS sound). See the tweets by Linda at https://twitter.com/davidschneider/status/425757729924202497 Here is a good example of folk etymology: "Kishke, a dumpling with meat stuffed in it, and therefore kishkes are testicles." http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-yiddish-handbook-40-words-you-should-know/ (about 25% of the way into this file) Reversals across languages of words which, for any reason, should not be said in public are quite common. These words include taboo body parts. For a list of such reversals, see https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/Hebrew/Reversals.docx For taboo body part reversals on anthropomorphic maps in the Middle East, see Sinai, Canaan, Negev & yam SooF in https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2033458/Body_Part_Maps/BodyPartList_3.doc I realize I have not answered your question ... but "intestines" may be irrelevant except as regards "gastronomic Jews". The body part that was thought to be the seat of the emotions was the kidney. Hence the phrase "get (one's) goat" means to get control of his emotions. See my comment to my own post at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Chinese-ideogram-technique-semantic-analysis-2375528.S.5937181666362556420 Best regards, Izzy Israel A Cohen [email protected] +972-54-754-2744 From: <[email protected]> To: Hasafran <[email protected]> Subject: [ha-Safran] strange question re kishkes ... I have a very intelligent patron who has posed this question: I'm looking for anything about kishkes (the body part, not the food). I seem to remember some sage comment about Jewish culture being located symbolically in the kishkes, but that's as much as I can remember about it. Where would I look for rumination on Jewish culture and guts? ... Etta Gold, MLS, RJE Congregational Librarian Temple Beth Am Direct 786.264.6543 Main 305.667.6667 or 305.665.6228 ext. 128 Fax 305.662.8619
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