Is 'goy' English, or is it actually Yiddish?

'Goy' is a word borrowed from Yiddish 'goy'. The word entered the English language some time around 1841.

goy [noun] [1841]

Gentile

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Etymology: Yiddish, from Hebrew 'gōy' people, nation

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