Where does “Litvish” come from?

Litvish (English) comes from Yiddish ליטוויש, from Polish Litwa, from Proto-Slavic Litъva, from Old Lithuanian Lietuva.

Litvish (English): The dialect of Yiddish spoken in Lithuania, Belarus, southern Latvia, northern and eastern Ukraine, and western Russia

Definitions

  1. The dialect of Yiddish spoken in Lithuania, Belarus, southern Latvia, northern and eastern Ukraine, and western Russia

Ancestry of “Litvish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YiddishליטווישLithuanian
2PolishLitwaflock of jackdaws
3Proto-SlavicLitъva—
4Old LithuanianLietuva—
Every word from Old Lithuanian Lietuva →Every word from Proto-Slavic Litъva →Every word from Polish Litwa →