An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Beißker

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beißen

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Beißker

beizen

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Beißker.

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2561273An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — BeißkerJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Beißker, masculine, ‘loach,’ adopted from Slavonic (Bohemian piskoŕ, Russian piskárĭ), and based by popular etymology on beißen (the fish is also called Steinbeißer, ‘river-loach,’ Schlammbeißer, ‘pond-loach’).

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Beißker

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