האַפֿט

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ETYMOLOGY

I. Proto-Yiddish ✱haft; Proto-EY ✱haft; from MHG haft; cf. NHG Haft.
Protovowel A1.
II. MHG haft, hafte 'captivity'; from OHG haft, hafta 'capture, grasping', haftēn 'to attach'.
III. ON hapt 'fetter', haptr 'prisoner'; OE hæft;
from PIE root ✱kap- 'to seize'; cf. Latin capere 'to seize', captus 'seized', captīvus 'captured'.

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

hafd (also 'hook and eye') {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 047-070}
- di hafdə cyˑmaɣə / cyˑhafdə די האַפֿטן צומאַכן / צוהאַפֿטן 'attaching a hook and eye' {q047-090}