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טרעטן
‘step’

טרעטן
געטראָטן
'step'

ETYMOLOGY

I. Proto-Yiddish ✱trɛːtən; Proto-EY ✱trɛːtn; from MHG treten; cf. NHG treten.
Protovowel E5.
{Katz 1982: 266, 286}
II. MHG treten; from OHG tretan.

{DW¹ 22:237. Pfeiffer EWD "treten".}
III. OE tredan; English tread; from another Ablaut root (PGmc ✱trudan) Gothic trudan; ON troða.

WESTERN

trḗtn̩ {Katz 1982: 266, 286}

tret {Schnitzler, Prager Judendeutsch, 23}

Alsace (France)

dredə 'to tread, step' {ALSACE, Zuckerman 1969, 39}

CENTRAL

tréjtn̩ {Katz 1982: 266, 286}


AUDIO Isaac Bashevis Singer {Leoncin, Radzymin, Warsaw, POLAND}, 1978
דער טרעטער לאָזט אויף זיך נישט טרעטן 'the pedal doesn't let itself be stepped upon'

NORTHEASTERN

trɛ́tn̩ {Katz 1982: 266, 286}