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צוואָרעך
‘cottage cheese, curd’

צוואָרעך
דער
טוואָרע, טוואָרעך
'cottage cheese, curd'

ETYMOLOGY

Old Czech tvaroh (perhaps through MHG).
Beider discusses the shift of the initial consonants from /tv/ to /tsv/, influenced by neighboring German dialects in Bohemia.

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

Switzerland

zwōrich, zwōrisch {ALSACE, SWITZERLAND, Beranek, Westjiddischer Sprachatlas, Karte 104}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

cvoːrax {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

cvoˑrəx, cvuˑrəx {ווײַסער קעז} {WTCP, Vác, 47197}
- cvóˑrəx-nỳ˰dəlax צוואָרעך־נודעלעך

CENTRAL

cvúˑʀəx {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

cvoʀax {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}