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שייטל
‘wig’

שייטל
דאָס
'wig'

ETYMOLOGY

I. Proto-Yiddish ✱ʃeɪtəl; Proto-EY ✱ʃeɪtl; from MHG scheitel.
Protovowel E4.
II. from MHG scheitel(e) 'vertex of head; part in hair; skalp; bald head, brow'; ENHG Scheitel; NHG Schädel 'skull' (borrowed from Low German); from OHG skeitila.
III. from PGmc ✱skaid/đ-ilō(n)-; from PIE ✱skoit-i-ló- or ✱sk(e)h₂it-i-ló- 'dividing'.

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

dʁ̥̩ šaːdl̩ / šeːdl̩ 'part (in hair); sheitel (wig)' {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 013-030, 038-020}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

šáːtlʲ, šaːtl {פּערוק} {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

šajtlən {פֿון האָר} {WTCP, Vác, 47197}
- šaːtlʲ {פּערוק}

šajtlʲ {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

šaːtlʲ {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

šajtl {ETCP, Mukachevo, 48226}

šáːtlʲ {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

šajtɫ {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

šajtl {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}

HASIDIC

EUROPE

shajtl̩ {Vienna, Eidel Malowicki}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

šejtl {LITHUANIA, Kaunas, 54239}