יויך

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German juche, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *jūxà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *jáušāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yowHs-ó-s, from *yéwHs. Cognate to German Jauche. Likely semantically influenced by Ukrainian юха́ (juxá, “soup”). Compare also Serbo-Croatian, Slovene juha (“soup”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔɪ̯χ/

Noun

יויך • (yoykh) f, plural יויכן (yoykhn), diminutive יײַכל (yaykhl)

  1. broth, especially chicken broth, or any clear soup consisting primarily of it
    Synonyms: יײַכל (yaykhl), יושקע (yushke)
  2. soup
    Synonyms: זופּ (zup), יושקע (yushke)
  3. gravy
    Synonyms: בראָטיויך (brotyoykh), ראָסל (rosl), זוזע (zuze), סאָס (sos)
  4. bouillon
    Synonym: בוליאָן (bulyon)
  5. consomme
    Synonym: קאָנסאָמע (konsome)

Derived terms

  • בראָטיויך (brotyoykh, “gravy”)
  • גאָלדענע יויך (goldene yoykh)
  • הינדליויך (hindlyoykh), הינערנע יויך (hinerne yoykh)
  • יויכציבעלע f (yoykhtsibele), יויכציבעלקע f (yoykhtsibelke, “soup onion”)
  • כאַפּן די לאָקשן פֿאַר דער יויך (khapn di lokshn far der yoykh, “to put the cart before the horse”)
  • מיט דער יויך (mit der yoykh, “au jus”)
  • קאַטשענע יויך (katshene yoykh, “duck soup”)
  • קדמון־יױך (kadmen-yoykh, “primordial soup”)

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “broth”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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