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WIY, that doesn;t mean anything. It is conventional Yiddish spelling.

We had in Shabbos 35, “???? ????? ???? ??? ???? ?????”.

Davi means to look. When Daniel Davened in Bavel he opened a window towards Yerushalayim. When we Daven, we look toward Hashem. This may be the origin of the word.

Bentch however, might simply come from the German Vintsch, which is used in Yiddish often by Bentching someone. Literally, it means to wish. It is mostly used as in, to wish someone well.