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זיפּן
‘to sift’

זיפּן
געזיפּט
'to sift'

ETYMOLOGY

{Why medial [p]?}

{Beider 2015: 102.}
from MHG siben; from MHG sib, sip (noun) 'sieve'; cf. NHG Sieb.
from OHG sib, sip.
DW¹ notes that the vowel remained short in dialects.
OE sife; English sieve.

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

cym meˑl zybm צום מעל זיבן {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

CENTRAL

vus mə zɩpt mejl וואָס מע זיפּט מעל {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}