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 *yúHs. 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)
• קדמון־יױך (kadmen-yoykh, “primordial soup”)
• קאַטשענע יויך (katshene yoykh, “duck soup”)
• 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”)
• יויכציבעלע f (yoykhtsibele), יויכציבעלקע f (yoykhtsibelke, “soup onion”)

References

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