יאַסלע
־ס
די
יאַסליע, דיאַסלע, דזשײַסנע, דזשיאָנסלע, אַסלע, אַסליע
'gums'

ETYMOLOGY

{The standardized form יאַסלע seems to be a blending of the Polish and the Ukrainian word. The other variants too, except for דזשיאָנסלע, which is directly from Polish.}
Polish dziąsła; Ukrainian ясна; Belarusian дзясны.
ON jaxl 'molar' ? (apparently not!)

Herzog suggests that /vjosles/ is a hypercorrection of /(d)žonsles/.

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

jasnə 'Zahnfleisch' {ETCP, Beranek 1941}

jáslʲəs {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

vžõnslɩs ווזשאָנסלעס {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

jasles {LITHUANIA, Kaunas, 54239}

di asles {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}

SOUTHEASTERN

josləs {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}