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Its source may be the Arabic name Farida, which means "unique / precious" (as opposed to the Germanic name Frida, which means "peace"). [link]
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OK, I may have enough of an idea to offer an answer.
I think the panel in the upper right is supposed to say כינור שפילט, like "harpist" or something in Yiddish.
The upper middle seems to say something about a harp.
The upper left says מאנדלן, Yiddish for almonds.
I think the lower right might be א ליד, "a song."
The lower middle says "baa..."
I don't know ...
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Etymonline seems to be essentially correct. Two other sources discussed in Balashon's article here describe the journey a little more explicitly:
Yiddish latke, from either Russian latka or Ukrainian oladka, both derived (I assume) from Old Russian оладья, olad'ya. This is then apparently derived from the Greek ελαδια, eladia, "olive-y things", ultimately ...
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Many Jews spoke Hungarian in Hungary because there was a very successful policy of Magyarization in Hungary. This is one of the explanations for the rise of ultra-orthodoxy in northeast Hungary (the 'Unterland'), and the invention of a new Halakhic tradition under the disciples of the Hatam Sofer (d. 1839), as a reaction against the great transformation of ...
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