English
kvetch
Kvetch comes from Yiddish קוועטשן ‘to bother, kvetch, complain’.
- Yiddishmodernקוועטשן‘to bother, kvetch, complain’literally ‘to squeeze, pinch’
- Englishearliest quotation 1969kvetch
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Yiddishmodernקוועטשן‘to bother, kvetch, complain’literally ‘to squeeze, pinch’
- Englishearliest quotation 1969kvetch
Earliest quotation: 1969, Philip Roth: “Is this truth I’m delivering up, or is it…”
Every English word from Yiddish קוועטשן
Today it means
verb To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yiddish קוועטשן / kvetch