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Etymology
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אָרעוו (orev, “surety, guarantor”) + ־ניק (-nik, “-nik”).
אָרעוו (orev) is borrowed from a Semitic language, ־ניק (-nik) from a Slavic one.
Noun
אָרעווניק • (orevnik) m, plural אָרעווניקעס (orevnikes)
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