An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Öl

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, O (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Öl

Oleander

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Friedrich Kluge2507953An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, O — Öl1891John Francis Davis

Öl, n., from the equiv. MidHG. öle, öl, n. (with the variants ole, ol, and olei), OHG. olei, oli, n., ‘oil’; corresponding to OSax. olig; Du. olie, AS. ele, n., ‘oil.’ Lat. oleum, ‘oil,’ passed into HG. before the 8th. cent. Goth. adopted the term probably even half a century earlier from the Lat., the only assumption that can explain the remarkable Goth. form alêw. The approximate source of E. oil, MidE. oile, is OFr. oil, which with its Rom. cognates. (ModFr. huile) are also based on Lat. oleum.