Litvak

Litvak [lit-vahk] Word Origin noun

1. a Jew from Lithuania or a neighboring country or region.

Origin of Litvak 1890–95; Yiddish litvak Polish litwak Lithuanian person (now obsolete in this sense), derivative of Litwa Lithuania Word Origin and History for litvak Litvak n.

“Jew from Lithuania,” 1892, from Polish Litwak “Lithuanian Jew,” originally simply “man from Lithuania.”