-witz

witz Witz English Etymology en :bor de:-witz en de -witz. Suffix Added to a stem to form a patronymic or matronymic surname. Usage notes Along with -berg and -stein, -witz is a stereotypically Ashkenazi suffix. For example: en Sarah Blacher Cohen The Unkosher Comediennes: From Sophie Tucker to Joan Rivers Jewish Wry: Essays on Jewish Humor Detroit Wayne State University Press 1987 121 https://books.google.com/books?id=C9fe_aCWXu0C&pg=PA121 0-8143-2366-9 Rivers delights in spreading the most malicious gossip about Heidi Abromowitz to titillate both herself and her audiences. For Heidi, who never lets herself “get tied down to housework,” if she “can get tied down to a bed instead”²⁹, is the sexual transgressor whom we outwardly condemn but covertly like to emulate. Her actions are comically incongruous with her Jewish-sounding name, for instead of striving to be the biblical eyshes chayil (the dutiful women of valor), she is the liberated whore with the heart of gold. Derived terms en German Etymology de Slavic suffix deleted by RFD; the preceding vowel -e-/-o- should be included, or the ety needs to be rewritten de sla-pro *-oviťь, de y it as de -o- -witz y. Compare pl -owicz. Suffix de suffix de non-productive only occuring in borrowings A surname suffix Descendants en -witz 1 See also de -vitz de Horowitz, de Horzowitz de terms derived from Slavic languages