shvitz
English
/ʃvɪts/
noun
Definitions
- Sweat.
- A traditional Jewish steambath of Eastern European origin.
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish שוויצן (sweat) derived from Old High German sweizzen derived from Proto-Germanic *swait- derived from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (sweat).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swoyd-
Gloss
sweat
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
汗
Emoji
💦 💧 😅 😓 😰 🥵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisweat English
- asweat English
- flop sweat English
- forswat English
- outsweat English
- sweat English
- sweat lodge English
- sweatband English
- sweatbox English
- sweatdrop English
- sweatee English
- sweater English
- sweatest English
- sweateth English
- sweathouse English
- sweating English
- sweatish English
- sweatless English
- sweatlike English
- sweatmeat English
- sweatpant English
- sweatpants English
- sweatproof English
- sweatshirt English
- sweatshop English
- sweatsoaked English
- sweatstained English
- sweatsuit English
- sweaty English
- unsweat English
- exsūdāre Latin
- sudor Latin
- sudorem, sūdor, sudor Latin
- sūdor Latin
- sūdōrem Latin
- sūdōrem, sūdor Latin
- sūdōrem, sūdor, sudor Latin
- *sweyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *swoyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *swait- Proto-Germanic
- *swaitô, *swait- Proto-Germanic
- swat Old English
- swāt Old English
- swete Middle English
- sveiti Old Norse
- sweiz Old High German
- sweizzen Old High German
- Schweess Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- שוויצבאָד Yiddish
- שוויצן Yiddish
- *sweit Old Dutch
- *swēt Old Dutch
- swēt Old Frisian
- śwaas Vilamovian
- swet Torres Strait Creole