An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Bengel

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Bendel

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

Bengel

Benne

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

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2561285An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — BengelJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Bengel, masculine, ‘cudgel,’ then in a figurative sense ‘rude person, blackguard,’ from Middle High German bengel, masculine, ‘cudgel.’ Compare English bangle (club), from the verb to bang, Old Icelandic banga, ‘to strike, beat,’ Low German bangen. The Teutonic stem bang-, ‘to strike,’ seems to have been nasalised from the root bâg, mentioned under baren.