| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry ähnlich. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
ähnlich, adjective, from the equivalent Middle High German ánelîch, Old High German ánagilîh (*ánalîh), adjective, ‘similar.’ It corresponds to Gothic ánaleikô, adverb, ‘similarly’; from the Old Teutonic (Gothic) preposition ana (see an) and the suffix lich; see gleich