An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Bulge

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Bühre

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

Bulge

Bulle

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

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2522156An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — BulgeJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Bulge (Swiss, also Bulgge), feminine, ‘leather water-pail,’ from Middle High German bulge, Old High German bulga, ‘leather bag’; Middle English and English bilğe, bulğe, from *bylčğe. The cognates are allied to Balg (Gothic balgs, ‘leather bottle, bag’), Middle Latin bulga.