shvitz

Meanings

Noun

Sweat.
A traditional Jewish steambath of Eastern European origin.

Verb

To sweat.

Origin

Borrowed from Yiddish שוויצן, from Old High German sweizzen, swizzen (Modern German Schweiß, schwitzen), from Proto-Germanic *swait- (English sweat), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd-. sweat.

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