Masculine
Docht
Meaning
wick (porous cord that draws up liquid fuel for burning)
Synonyms
Translations
mèche
mecha
stoppino
mecha
lont
fitil
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɔxt/
Etymology
In summary
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).
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