English
kvetcher
Kvetcher comes from Yiddish קוועטשער ‘pincher, presser’, and goes back to קוועטשן.
- Yiddishmodernקוועטשן‘to squeeze, press, pinch’
- Yiddish, derivedmodernקוועטשערkvetsher‘pincher, presser’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017kvetcher
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Yiddishmodernקוועטשן‘to squeeze, press, pinch’
- Yiddish, derivedmodernקוועטשערkvetsher‘pincher, presser’
- Englishearliest quotation 2017kvetcher
Earliest quotation: 2017, Gregg Hurwitz: “My Herb, may he rest in peace, worked his…”
Every English word from Yiddish קוועטשן
Today it means
noun A person who kvetches; a complainer, kvetch.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Yiddish קוועטשן / kvetcher