generally derogatory term for a Jew, 1874 (Hotten, apparently originally British English), from Yiddish use, where it was complimentary (see Yiddish).
yet
yeti
*yeug-
yew
Yggdrasil
Yid
Yiddish
yield
yielding
yikes
yin
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