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נעפּל
‘fog’

נעפּל
'fog'

ETYMOLOGY

{Why medial [p]? But with [b] in East German WY and Dutch WY, and [v] in Southwest WY.}
Beider suggests Bavarian influence: Bavarian neppel.

{Beider 2015: 102.}
ON njól, OE neowol, nifol 'dark', OS neƀal, OHG nebul, nepol, MHG nebel, NHG Nebel; from PGmc ✱nebala- 'fog'; from PIE ✱dʰnebʰ-(e/o)l-o-; Latin nebula, Greek νεφέλη

WESTERN

nevl̩

WESTERN

nepl̥ {Schnitzler, Prager Judendeutsch, 25}

Czechia

nēpl {CZECHIA, Beranek 1936: 65}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

nepl̥ {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 135}

neˑpl̩ʲ {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

neːbl̩ʲ {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

neˑpl̩ʲ {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

neːpɫ {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

an ejpl {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

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nejpl̩
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