ענגלישע קרענק

Yiddish

Etymology

Compare German englische Krankheit, Danish engelsk syge, Hungarian angolkór, Dutch Engelse ziekte, Norwegian engelsk syke, engelsk sjuke, engelsk sykje, Swedish engelska sjukan.

Noun

ענגלישע קרענק • (englishe krenk) f

1. (pathology) rickets, rachitis

   Synonym: ראַכיט (rakhit)

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008) “engliše krenk”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 264
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “rickets”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN