אָפּשנײַדן, אָפּגעשניטן
'to cut off'

ETYMOLOGY

MHG abesnîden

The meaning equivalency with Polish odcinać may have contributed to the pattern seen in אָפּעסן 'to eat (to the end)', אָפּטרינקען 'to drink (to the end), to drink a sip', אָפּדאַוונען 'to finish praying', אָפּפֿאַסטן 'to break a fast'.

WESTERN

Old Literary Yiddish (ca. 1100-1800)

אב שניידן, אפ שניידן; אב גישניטן {מרכּבֿת המשנה, קראָקע 1534}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

upšnajdn {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

óˆpšnàˑdn {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

SOUTHEASTERN

ʊpšnaˑdn {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}