Docht

From Middle High German tāht, from Old High German tāht, from Proto-Germanic *þæhta- (“wick, strand”), 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).

• IPA^(key): /dɔxt/

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Docht m (strong, genitive Dochtes or Dochts, plural Dochte)

1. wick (porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning)

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• Dacht (North Hessian)

• IPA^(key): /d̥oxt/ (Frankfurterisch)

Docht

1. (South Hessian) wick