חטא
חֵטְא
חטאָים
דער
'sin'

ETYMOLOGY

Original tzere shortened in a closed syllable.

WESTERN

Old Literary Yiddish (ca. 1100-1800)

אונ' אן גיהובן מתֿוודה צו זיין וואש ער זיין טאג פֿר חטאים האט גיטאן
'and began confessing what sort of sins he had done in his life'

Chet god'l {Sprach-Meister 1742}

xɛt {NORTHWESTERN, Katz 1982: 117, 128}
- xɛjt {Whole Hebrew}

Holland (Netherlands)

Chet {HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche]
- Das is e chet in di kille. 'Something wrong that brings the community into turmoil. Ironically, something that is not worth worrying about.' {Jerosche №126}

CENTRAL

xɛt {Katz 1982: 117, 128}
- xajt {Whole Hebrew}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

xɛt

NORTHEASTERN

xɛt {Katz 1982: 117, 128}
- xejt {Whole Hebrew}