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דראָט
‘wire’

דראָט
־ן
דער/דאָס
'wire'
דרעטל
(diminutive)

ETYMOLOGY

The CY form /drut/ (rather than MHG drât or NHG Draht directly) seems to be the source for Polish drut 'wire'. Because the word is widespread in Polish, one might expect /drut/ to appear even in NEY.

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

droːt {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

druːtər דראָטער {note: פֿאַרריכטן ערדענע טעפּ, דראָטן זיי} {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

CENTRAL

ɔb gərᵻsn dɛ druːtn האָב געריסן די דראָטן {Warsaw, Geller 2001: 295}