Where does “shvitz” come from?
shvitz (English) comes from Yiddish שוויצן, from Old High German swizzen, from Proto-Germanic swait-, from Proto-Indo-European swoyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sweyd- — sweat; to sweat.
shvitz (English): Sweat; A traditional Jewish steambath of Eastern...
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- Sweat; A traditional Jewish steambath of Eastern...
Ancestry of “shvitz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | שוויצן | to sweat |
| 2 | Old High German | swizzen | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | swait- | sweat; blood |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | swoyd- | to sweat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sweyd- | sweat; to sweat |