Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German wētac (ailment, literally woe day). Compare obsolete German Wehtag (sorrow), Low German Koppweihdag (headache), Cimbrian béetag (illness, sickness, disease). By surface analysis, וויי (vey) +‎ ־טיק (-tik).

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Noun

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ווייטיק (veytikm, plural ווייטיקן (veytikn)

  1. pain, suffering

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