The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #145432   Message #3364605
Posted By: Jim McLean
17-Jun-12 - 01:50 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Colloquial and Idiomatic Phrases
Subject: RE: Folklore: Colloquial and Idiomatic Phrases
I always thought the word 'Copt' came from the Yiddish for 'got'. The German 'gehapt' is pronounced a bit like 'Copt'' in parts of Bavaria and I find Yiddish very close to Bavarian.