טאַפּן
געטאַפּט
'to feel'

ETYMOLOGY

Norwegian dabba 'to beat, kick', English to dab, ENHG tappen, dappen, NHG tappen, (Palatinate) tapfen, tappen 'to grope', (Swiss) tâpen, täppen; from PGmc ✱dapp/bōn- 'to beat' < ✱dʰh₂bʰ-néh₂- (NEUR), from the Germanic-Baltic root ✱dʰeh₂bʰ-; cf. Lithuanian dóbti 'to beat, kill'.
Not documented in MHG before the 15th c.
Or perhaps from NHG Tappe 'paw' < late MHG tâpe (onomatopoeic, or secondary full-grade).

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

iɔx viln̩ deˑn deˑfək tap͡m̩ איך וויל אים דעם דפֿק טאַפּן {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

CENTRAL

HASIDIC

AMERICA

tapt טאַפּט
mə tapt a vant מע טאַפּט אַ וואַנט

SOUTHEASTERN

AUDIO Itzik Manger [Czernowitz / Chernivtsi, BUKOVINA]
ˈtapsə(x)
ער טאַפּט זיך דעם שטערן, דעם דופֿק