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באָד
‘bath’

באָד
בעדער
די
'bath'

ETYMOLOGY

[Why is MHG short /a/ in a closed syllable shifted to /o/ in Eastern Yiddish? Probably influenced by the open-syllable verb MHG baden.]
ON bað 'steam bath', OE bæþ, English bath, OS bath, OHG bad, MHG bat (-des), NHG Bad; from PGmc ✱baþa- 'bath (perhaps originally a steam bath)' < ✱bʰh́₁-to-(?) (GM)
{DW² 4: 42; Kluge/Seebold 2011: 82; Kroonen 2013: 55}

WESTERN

Switzerland

baːd {SWITZERLAND, Fleischer 2005}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

ə boːd xyc də mikvə אַ באָד חוץ די מיקווה {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

CENTRAL

buːd, [buːet ~ buwət ~ buət] {Jacobs 96}

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

búədmìltərl̩ʲ באָדמולטערל {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

buːd