ערדשווײַן

Yiddish

.אַן ערדשװײַן

Etymology

From ערד (erd, “earth”) +‎ שווײַן (shvayn, “pig”), calque of Afrikaans erdvark.

Noun

ערדשווײַן • (erdshvayn) m

1. aardvark (Orycteropus afer)

References

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