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Where does “Litvak” come from?

Litvak (English) comes from Polish litwak, from Yiddish ליטוואַק — Litvak.

Litvak (English): A Lithuanian Jew, or an Ashkenazi Jew from the...

Definitions

  1. A Lithuanian Jew, or an Ashkenazi Jew from the...

Ancestry of “Litvak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishlitwak—
2YiddishליטוואַקLitvak
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