ווייטיק

Yiddish

Alternative forms

ווייטאָג (veytog)

Etymology

From Middle High German wētac (“ailment”, literally “woe day”). Compare obsolete German Wehtag (“sorrow”), Low German Koppweihdag (“headache”), Cimbrian béetag (“illness, sickness, disease”). By surface analysis, וויי (vey) +‎ -טיק (-tik).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɪ̯tɪk/

Noun

ווייטיק • (veytik) m, plural ווייטיקן (veytikn)

pain, suffering

Derived terms

קאָפּווייטיק (kopveytik, “headache”)
האַרצווייטיק (hartsveytik, “heartache”)
צעווייטיקן (tseveytikn), צעווייטיקט (tseveytikt)

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