ערדשווײַן

Yiddish

Etymology

From ערד (erd, “earth”) +‎ שווײַן (shvayn, “pig”), calque of Afrikaans erdvark.

Noun

ערדשווײַן • (erdshvayn) m

  1. aardvark (Orycteropus afer)

References

  • Paul Abelson (1915) “aardvark”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press
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