The same principle applies for Old French. In fact Yiddish only really developed later as a language - out of High German. So the simple answer is Rashi did NOT speak Yiddish although may have understood the German that developed into Yiddish. It was NOT his language however.
The sequence of the 12 Rashis begins with Mesha as the first Rashi.
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What was Rashi's real name?
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