כאָמעט
־ן/־ס
דער
כאָמאָנט ,כאָמענט, כאָמוט
'horse collar'

ETYMOLOGY

Old Polish chomąt (Modern Polish chomąto); Belarusian хаму́т; Ukrainian хому́т; from Proto-Slavic ✱xomǫtъ.

The East Slavic variant without the nasal כאָמעט extends far West into Polish linguistic territory where we would expect כאָמאָנט or כאָמענט.

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

kɔ́mət {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

{WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}
- האַאַם

CENTRAL

xɔmʌ̃ⁿt {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

x-ɔ jikɔjft a vugn mᵻt, mᵻt xɔmɛt איך האָב געקויפֿט אַ וואָגן מיט... מיט כאָמעט {Warsaw, Geller 2001: 233}
xo,mɩt {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

xómɛt {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}