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German
Etymology
From Middle High German tāht, from Old High German tāht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtu-/*þæhta- (“thread”),[1] perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to weave”).
Cognate with Old Norse þáttr, for which reason the onset t- is an irregular hardening (compare tausend). The modern form is not inherited from literary Middle High German, but from the vernaculars. It has d- due to dialectal High German, and Low German influence (compare Middle Low German dacht); the vocalism is due to the common dialectal development -ā- → -ō- (compare Odem).
Pronunciation
Noun
Docht m (strong, genitive Dochtes or Dochts, plural Dochte)
- wick (porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning)
Declension
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Further reading
- “Docht” in Duden online
- “Docht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Rhine Franconian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̥oxt/ (Frankfurterisch)
Noun
Docht
- (South Hessian) wick