לויט

Yiddish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from German laut (“according to”) (from 15th century; chiefly in written style), shortened from Middle High German nāch lūte (“according to the text of”). Compare German Laut (“sound”) and Wortlaut (“wording, exact text”).

Preposition

לויט • (loyt) (contracted dem-form לויטן‎ (loytn))

  1. according to, in accordance with
    ‏לויט ווי איך זע‎
    loyt vi ikh ze
    as I see it
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