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נעכטן

נעכטן
'yesterday' (ᴀᴅᴠᴇʀʙ)

ETYMOLOGY

{Eastern Yiddish use of נעכטן instead of a cognate of NHG gestern seems to come from Bavarian.}
Schmeller: "nächt, nächten {...} den vergangenen Abend, den vergangenen Tag; gestern".

Got. nahts, (genitive) nahts, ON nátt, OE niht, OHG naht, MHG naht, (genitive) nahtes,
{DW¹ 1: 121 "Abend"'; Schmeller 1: 1715-1718 "Die Nacht"}
Vowel 21, Proto-Yiddish ✱ɛ

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

nɛxtn {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

naxtn̩ {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

nextn {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

HASIDIC

ISRAEL

nɛxtn̩{Bnei Brak, Eli Benedict (Karlin)}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

nɛxtn {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}

next͡n̩ {BELARUS, Gomel, 52314}