Docht

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Synonyme

Kerzendocht

Lunte

Kern

Kerngehäuse

Futter

Spott

бикфордов шнурLunte

бомбы

шашки

Mark

Haarsträhne

Hohn

Geschlecht

♂️ Männlich

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/dɔxt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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).