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פֿײַכט
‘moist’

פֿײַכט
'moist'

ETYMOLOGY

[Yiddish פֿײַכט continues MHG viuhte.]
OE fūht, OS fūht, Dutch vochtig, OHG fūht, fūhti, MHG viuhte, (Central German) vûhte, NHG feucht; from PGmc ✱funhtu- 'humid, moist' (or ✱fūhti- < ✱funhti-); from PIE (?) ✱pnk-tu- (or ✱pn̥k-to-); derived from the PIE root ✱pen- 'mud, swamp, water'; originally a u-stem, remodeled to a ja-stem in continental West Germanic (thus umlaut in NHG and Yiddish).
Related: Sanskrit páṅka- 'mud'.

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

s šdrɔu ɩš fajçd דאָס שטרוי איז פֿײַכט {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 056-050}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

dər štrɔj ɩs fajxt דער שטרוי איז פֿײַכט {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

faːxt {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

SOUTHEASTERN

făxt {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}


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