נעסט
־ן
די
'nest'

ETYMOLOGY

{Why was the vowel lengthened to E5?}
I. Proto-Yiddish ✱nɛːst; Proto-EY ✱nɛːst; from MHG nest; cf. NHG Nest.
Protovowel E5.
II. MHG nest, nist; from OHG nest, nist.

{DW¹ 13:621. Pfeiffer EWD "Nest".}
III. OE nest; English nest; from PGmc ✱nesta-, ✱nista-; from PIE ✱nizdom 'place to sit down'; from the roots ✱ni- 'down' and ✱sed- 'sit'.
cf. Latin nīdus 'nest'; Sanskrit nīḍám; Lithuanian lìzdas; Old Church Slavonic gnězdo; Russian гнездо; Polish gniazdo.

WESTERN

Holland (Netherlands)

nescht 'Nest' {HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche]

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

in ə grɔjs nɛst אין אַ גרויס נעסט {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}
- neˑst

ɩn ə grɔjs nɛst אין אַ גרויס נעסט {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

ɩn ə grɔjsə neːst אין אַ גרויסע נעסט {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

in də neːst אין די נעסט {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

nɛˑst, nejst {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}
- ɩn a kʎajnə nɛst אין אַ קליינע נעסט

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

in a klejnɛm nɛst אין אַ קליינעם נעסט {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}