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טכויר
‘polecat’

טכויר
'polecat'

ETYMOLOGY

Beider argues that the word must have been borrowed from Old Polish before the 16th c. while the vowel of tchórz was still long /oː/.
{Beider 2015: 446}
Old Polish ✱tchōrᶻ̌; cf. Polish tchórz 'polecat; coward'.

WESTERN

Czechia

sxurš (from Czech schor) {CZECHIA, Beranek 1936: 67}

CENTRAL