שנאָל
־ן
דער/די
שנאַל
'buckle'

ETYMOLOGY

{Why the variant with [o]? Should be Protovowel A1.}
I. Proto-Yiddish ✱ʃnal; Proto-EY ✱ʃnal; from MHG snalle; cf. NHG Schnalle.
Protovowel A1 ?.
II. MHG snalle; probably related to MHG snallen 'to move quickly with a snapping sound; to chatter' and to the adjective snel (see [[שנעל 1]]).

{DW¹ 15:1161. Pfeiffer EWD "Schnalle".}

WESTERN

Wenn me erein kummt get die Schnall שלום עליכם.

Alsace (France)

di šnal (also 'hook and eye') {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 042-010, 047-070}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

šnalʲ, šnal {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

šnal, šnalʲ 'door knob' {WTCP, Vác, 47197}
- cyˑgəmaxt mɩt ə šnal צוגעמאַכט מיט אַ שנאַל {ɴᴏᴛᴇ: קליאַמקע = ריגל}

šnal {?} 'bar (for the door)' {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

šnalʲ {ETCP, Teiuș, 46233}

šnol {ETCP, Mukachevo, 48226}

di šnáɫ שנאַל {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

šnol {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}