פּוסטעניש

Yiddish

Etymology

פּוסט (pust) +‎ ־עניש (-enish). Most likely semantically influenced by Polish pustynia and pustoszyć (“to ravage, to devastate”).

Noun

פּוסטעניש • (pustenish) n, plural פּוסטענישן (pustenishn)

1. wasteland