Where does “טשיקאַווע” come from?
טשיקאַווע (Yiddish) comes from Polish ciekawy, from Polish -awy, from Polish szpat, from German spät, from Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz — to succeed, to prosper.
טשיקאַווע (Yiddish): curious
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