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Litvak comes from Polish litwak, and goes back to Yiddish ליטוואַק.
- Yiddishmodernליטוואַק
- Polishmodernlitwak
- Englishearliest quotation 1950Litvak
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Yiddishmodernליטוואַק
- Polishmodernlitwak
- Englishearliest quotation 1950Litvak
Earliest quotation: 1950, Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Family Moskat: “A small man, sunburned as a gypsy, in a…”
Every English word from Yiddish ליטוואַק
Today it means
noun A Lithuanian Jew, or an Ashkenazi Jew from the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yiddish ליטוואַק / Litvak