One widely quoted folk etymology derives the word from French ("hot") and ("slow"). Another folk etymology derives "cholent" (or ) from the Hebrew , which means "that rested ". This refers to the old-time cooking tradition of Jewish families placing their individual pots of cholent into the town baker's ovens that always stayed hot and slow-cooked the food overnight. Another possible etymology is from Old French (hot lentils). This last proposed etymology is unlikely, as the d in "chaudes" is pronounced and not silent, and therefore too far from the pronunciation of "tsholnt" or "tsholent" (this would be doubly true in the case of Old French, which is notable for its final consonants being pronounced and not silent as in the case of Modern French).