What does the name Pessel mean? Where does it come from?

I think it's a variation of pessi? doesn't pessel mean an idol?

Wikipedia (under pizzle) indicates that there was a "Low German pesel or Flemish Dutch pezel, diminutive of Dutch pees 'sinew'. The word is used today to signify the {organ of procreation of a male} animal, particularly that of a bull."

Then there's "pestle," which Wikipedia says derives "from classical Latin pistillum, meaning 'pounder.' "

http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/renasanc.htm
By this time, the Yiddish language had developed to such an extent, that a large number of Yiddish names were created by modifying Arab, Latin, Germanic, and Slavic names, and by adapting old names: Alkan, Danel, Davud, Gadel, Henoch, Hosea, Isaak, Israel, Isser, Izaak, Josel, Jude, Judel, Kopel, Leyser, Michel, Musa, Shmelka; Abigaya, Pessl, Pessla, Hanne, Hendel, Chanele, Merle, Michele, Pessel, Reichel, Zirle.

http://www.babynamesocean.com/hebrew_names...g_of_Batya.html
Pronunciation: baht-yah
Gender: Girl Name
Origin: Hebrew
Name Meaning: Daughter of God
Variants: Basha; Peshe, Pessel (Yiddish)


Also:

http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateM...ish/Yiddish.htm
Pessa, Pesha, Peshe, Pessye Perril, Pessel 'pearl'

That's interesting. I can see a "p" being substituted for a "b", but it seems odd to add an "l" at the end.

Very interesting that you ask. I saw my grandparents ketubah and her name on it was Pessel, but in Yiddish she was known as Pessa-- suffice it to say, her matzeivah says Pessa.

Can I ask about another name? where does Shprintza come from? We were told it means hope?

Esperanza -- hope.

How interesting, I did not know Pessy/pessel was a derivative of Batya! Wow, all the new nickname possibilities...

Wow, this thread was an eye opener to me, I named my Daughter Pessel (My great grandmother) but didn't really know what it means.

By the krias Shem, Rabbi Koenig from tzfas who was present at the time said I should say pessel rather then pessy-ah.

nice.
A great aunt of mine who died in the Holocaust at age 6 or 7 was called Pessel.

ditto! i also didn't know Basha was in that group, too

(I know a Basya who was named for a Basha)

(I know a Rasya who was named for a Rasha)

Pesel means graven image. But I am not sure that pesel in its meaning is equal to pessel.

It's not the English spelling that matters, but the Hebrew/Yiddish. I believe the name is spelled with two ayins.

Just because two words are homophones, doesn't mean they're the same word.

I thought it meant Spring.

No, Xi was right.

http://www.behindthename.com/name/shprintza
SHPRINTZA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: שְׁפּרִינְצָא (Yiddish)
Yiddish form of ESPERANZA

what language is esperanza - spanish? how did it get to yiddish?

Lots of Jews from Spain went to Eastern Europe after the Inquisition.

So Esperanza eventually yiddishized to Shprintza, and Juanita became Yenta.

Are you serious? Where'd you read that? That's pretty funky.

oh. this is so interesting. thanks, i didn't know this.

In general, checking into the history of names (and words in general) leads to very funky results. There was an article on Jewish names once in (I think) the Mosaica Digest (if such a thing exists at all). If you remind me next Thursday maybe I can try to find it and send it to you.

Two ayins ?

Yes, there are vowels in Yiddish, unlike in Hebrew, which uses nekudot. I could be wrong, but I can't see how you'd make the "eh" sounds without ayins.

The second ayin is sometimes skipped before the final lamed.

עעשפרינצא
עעיענטא
עעפתל

I don't grasp you... In Hebrew pesel is פסל . Where here may be two ayins?

Are Hebrew and Yiddish so different in writing?

Pessel the Yiddish name is not pessel the Hebrew word for idol. פﬠסﬠל


To quote myself from above: