Etymology

Hiwi

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Today it means: A member of a nomadic hunter-gatherer people of the South American flatlands. Full definition →

German Hiwi
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  1. German · borrowed fromHiwi
  2. English todayHiwi

From German Hiwi, short for Hilfswilliger (“voluntary assistant, one willing to help”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.