Docht

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German tāht, from Old High German tāht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtu-/*þæhta- (“thread”), 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 === IPA(key): /dɔxt/ === Noun === Docht m (strong, genitive Dochtes or Dochts, plural Dochte) wick (porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning) ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “Docht” in Duden online “Docht”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) == Rhine Franconian == === Alternative forms === Dacht (North Hessian) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d̥oxt/ (Frankfurterisch) === Noun === Docht (South Hessian) wick