The story
- Russian · derived fromвы́игрыш“winnings”
- Yiddish · derived fromוויגריש
- English todayvig
Clipping of vigorish, from Yiddish וויגריש (vigrish), from Russian вы́игрыш (výigryš, “winnings”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.