וויכאָוואַניק
Yiddish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Polish wychowanek (“ward, fosterling”). By surface analysis, Polish wychować (“to rear”) + ־ניק (-nik).
Noun
editוויכאָוואַניק • (vikhovanik) m, plural וויכאָוואַניקעס (vikhovanikes), feminine וויכאָוואַנקע (vikhovanke)
References
edit- Beinfeld, Solon, Bochner, Harry (2013) “וויכאָוואַניק”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN