ערדוואָלף

Yiddish

.אַן ערדוואָלף

Etymology

From ערד (erd, “earth”) +‎ וואָלף (volf, “wolf”), calque of Afrikaans erdwolf.

Noun

ערדוואָלף • (erdvolf) m, plural ערדוועלף (erdvelf)

1. aardwolf (Proteles cristatus)

References

• Paul Abelson (1915) “aardwolf”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press