Pronounced: sorb, verb
Notes: A neat word, and the definition was educative also
Yesterday’s word
The word kvell means “to be extraordinarily proud”
First usage
It’s hard to tell for certain; it’s an Americanism, probably created in the mid-1900s; in 1952, a book of Jewish words and expressions was published that contained our word, but proof of earlier usage has been elusive.
Background / Comments
When I saw the “kv” in our word, I immediately thought that our word had a Yiddish origin, and that turns out to be correct. Our word came from the Yiddish word kveln (to be delighted), which came from the Middle High German word quellen (to well, gush, or swell).
Richard's Vocabulary Word-of-the-Day 