וויכאָוואַניק

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish wychowanek (“ward, fosterling”). By surface analysis, Polish wychować (“to rear”) +‎ ־ניק (-nik).

Noun

וויכאָוואַניק • (vikhovanik) m, plural וויכאָוואַניקעס (vikhovanikes), feminine וויכאָוואַנקע (vikhovanke)

  1. ward, adopted child

References

  • Beinfeld, Solon; Bochner, Harry (2013), “וויכאָוואַניק”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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