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A comment on Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily complainsome grumpy person”?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily complai... by captainmuon on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @07:04AM (#34064757)
I always thought it is related to "quetschen" (squeezing). A kvetsh is somebody who is being squeezed and winces or squeaks (and incidentally, to squeak=quietschen).
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Re:Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily complai... by katspaugh on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @03:49PM (#34072324)
Oh, you’re absolutely right. Oxford dictionary says:

> 1960s: from Yiddish kvetsh (noun), kvetshn (verb), from Middle High German quetschen, literally ‘crush’.

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