Where does “חוצפּהדיק” come from?

חוצפּהדיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish חוצפּה, from Aramaic חוצפא — audacity.

חוצפּהדיק (Yiddish): chutzpadik; cheeky

Definitions

  1. chutzpadik; cheeky

Ancestry of “חוצפּהדיק”, step by step

חוצפּהדיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish חוצפּה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishחוצפּהchutzpah; audacity
2Aramaicחוצפאaudacity

via Yiddish ־דיק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־דיקForms present participles; -ish; -y

Words derived from “חוצפּהדיק”

Every word from Aramaic חוצפא →Every word from Yiddish חוצפּה →