Docht

Etymology
From, from , from , perhaps from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, for which reason the onset t- is an irregular hardening (compare ). 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 🇨🇬 ); the vocalism is due to the common dialectal development -ā- → -ō- (compare ).

Noun

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

Noun

 * 1)  wick