קוילעטש
דער
'challah'

ETYMOLOGY

{In the absence of specific evidence in favor of Czech, Polish seems the more likely source.}
Beider notes that the root vowel was lengthened in an open syllable to produce protovowel O₂₃ (either in Y or in a German dialect from which Y borrowed the word).
{Beider 2015: 429, 454}
Old Czech koláč 'cake' or Polish kołacz.

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

kauletsch {ALSACE, Weill 1921: 73 (Beider 2015: 452)}

Switzerland

kʰoulətš {SWITZERLAND, Fleischer 2005}

kouletsh {SWITZERLAND, (Beider 2015: 452)}

CENTRAL

kójlʲɩč {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

{kɔjɬᵻtʃ} {Warsaw, Geller 2001: 60}
kojləč (wedding dance with a kojləč towards the bride ) {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

kö́jlɛc̀n {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}