דלאָט
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דער
דאָלאָטע, דאָלעטע, דלאָטע, דלוטע

ETYMOLOGY

{The Yiddish variants come from different Slavic languages. Perhaps דלאָט comes from Old Polish.}
Old Polish dłóto, Polish dłuto, Ukrainian долото́, Belarusian до́лата, Russian долото́, Old Church Slavonic dlato < Proto-Slavic ✱doltò 'chisel' < Proto-Balto-Slavic ✱dolbtó; cf. Latvian dal̃ba 'pole', Old Prussian dalptan 'instrument for punching holes'
Related to English to delve:
OE delfan, OS bi-delƀan 'to bury', Dutch delven 'to mine', OHG bi-telban 'to bury', MHG telben, delben; from PGmc delban- 'to dig, delve' < ✱dʰelbʰ-e- (NEUR).

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

dlot, dlɔt {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}