Where does “וועפּעכץ” come from?

וועפּעכץ (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish עכץ.

וועפּעכץ (Yiddish): vapor/vapour

Definitions

  1. vapor/vapour

Ancestry of “וועפּעכץ”, step by step

וועפּעכץ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish עכץ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishעכץ

via Yiddish וועפּן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishוועפּןto vaporize
Every word from Yiddish עכץ