2007-01-24 03:40:05 · 12 answers · asked by tikkle 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
My first quess would be yes, that it derives from the times when Jews were forbidden to own land so they became craftsmen and merchants. But according to http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/jewels, this is not the case.
2007-01-24 03:45:36 · answer #1 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'll back up Romulusnr as the Spanish is 'joyeria" or small joy. French, Spanish, and English are all heavily derived from Latin, so at times all three languages have words that are very close. Anybody know what "jewelry" is in Latin?
2007-01-24 04:27:19 · answer #2 · answered by ramblin' robert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jew in Hebrew is Yehudi.
Jewelry comes from the word jewels
2007-01-24 10:03:55 · answer #3 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jewry and Jewelry if said quickly can sound nearly indistinguishable. Compare:
"Nearly all of Hungarian Jewry disappeared during the war."
"Her Hungarian jewelry disappeared during the night."
This is especially true if you are asian and cannot pronounce your l's from your r's. Then they would sound identical.
2007-01-24 18:33:59 · answer #4 · answered by Zachary F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jew in Hebrew is: Yehudi, from the name:Yehuda
Jew is a translation of YEHU (yehudi).
2007-01-24 09:06:37 · answer #5 · answered by garoogan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it stems from the French word for "play toy".
2007-01-24 04:14:04 · answer #6 · answered by romulusnr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it have something to do with "jewels?" Just going out on a limb here...
2007-01-24 03:44:27 · answer #7 · answered by bandit 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
YES! If you check...the first three letters are the same!
2007-01-24 03:48:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question. You would think so!
Ever been to the diamond district?
2007-01-24 03:47:31 · answer #9 · answered by wackadoo 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
None that I know of .
2007-01-24 03:43:06 · answer #10 · answered by Sugar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋