Where does “חזיר־ניסל” come from?

חזיר־ניסל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish חזיר, from Hebrew חֲזִיר.

חזיר־ניסל (Yiddish): acorn

Definitions

  1. acorn

Ancestry of “חזיר־ניסל”, step by step

חזיר־ניסל traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish חזיר

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishחזירpig
2Hebrewחֲזִיר

via Yiddish ניסל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishניסלlittle nut
Every word from Hebrew חֲזִירEvery word from Yiddish חזיר