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Litvish
Litvish comes from Yiddish ליטוויש ‘Litvish, Lithuanian Yiddish, Northeastern…’.
- Yiddishmodernליטווישlitvish‘Litvish, Lithuanian Yiddish, Northeastern Yiddish’
- EnglishtodayLitvish
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
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- Yiddishmodernליטווישlitvish‘Litvish, Lithuanian Yiddish, Northeastern Yiddish’
- EnglishtodayLitvish
Every English word from Yiddish ליטוויש
Today it means
name The dialect of Yiddish spoken in Lithuania, Belarus, southern Latvia, northern and eastern Ukraine, and western Russia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yiddish ליטוויש / Litvish