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גאַווער־טיכל
‘bib’

גאַווער־טיכל
־עך
דאָס
'bib'

ETYMOLOGY

[The /v/ suggests that the word was borrowed from a MHG variant with /v/ rather than /f/.}
MHG geifer (from the 14th c.); ENHG geifer, gaiver; NHG (Hessian, Wetterau) gâwer 'drivel'.


Herzog suggests גאַווער־ is a vestige of WY in the East.

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

gáːvər-tiˑxəɫə {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

gaːvər-tiəxl {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}