בעזעם
־ער/־ס/־עס
דער
'broom'

ETYMOLOGY

I. Proto-Yiddish ✱bɛːsəm; Proto-EY ✱bɛːsəm; from MHG besem; cf. NHG Besen (till 19th c. also Besem).
Protovowel E5.
II. MHG besem(e); from OHG besamo.

{DW² 4:1076.}
III. OE besma, besema, English besom 'broom made of twigs'.
From Proto-West Gemanic ✱besman- 'rod, broom'.

{Yiddish Language Atlas of the Soviet Union 1931, map 8}

WESTERN

Neie Besen kehren gut.

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

bēzn {WTCP, U. Weinreich 1964: 252}

bę̄zn̥ {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 138}

bʲéːzn̩ {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

bejzn̩ {bajzəm דויטש} {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

bejzɔm {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}
- ə naˑjər béjzəm kʲɛ́ˑrt gʲỳt אַ נײַער בעזעם קערט גוט

CENTRAL

bejzəm {U. Weinreich 1964: 252}

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

bejzəm {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

bɛjzə/ɩm {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

béjzəm {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

bejzəm

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

bez̀ɩm {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}

SOUTHEASTERN

bejzəm {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}
- bejzəmʎ בעזעמל