שפּיטאָל
'hospital'

ETYMOLOGY

MHG spital (cf. NHG Spital); from medieval Latin hospitale 'hospice for travelers and the sick'; from Latin (cubiculum) hospitale 'guest room'; from Latin hospes 'guest'.
Also borrowed from MHG into Polish szpital (since the 15th c.) (which could affect Yiddish pronunciation).

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

šbɩdaːl {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 001-070}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

špətóːl {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

ʃpituu̯ɛl {Warsaw, Geller 2001: 183}
- giɛlɛjgiɛn ᵻn ʃ'pituu̯ɛl געלעגן אין שפּיטאָל {p. 193}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

shpitul {Assouline 2018b: 478}