Where does “חמצדיק” come from?

חמצדיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish חמץ, from Hebrew חָמֵץ.

חמצדיק (Yiddish): chametz

Definitions

  1. chametz

Ancestry of “חמצדיק”, step by step

חמצדיק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish חמץ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishחמץchametz
2Hebrewחָמֵץ—

via Yiddish ־דיק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־דיקForms present participles; -ish; -y
Every word from Hebrew חָמֵץ →Every word from Yiddish חמץ →