An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Düfte

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

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

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2627807An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D — DüfteJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Düfte, Deute, Tüte, feminine, ‘paper bag, screw’; merely Modern High German from Low German tüte (akin to Dutch tuit, ‘pipe’?); respecting the Low German and Dutch ü sound, see under Büse. In Swabian and Bavarian the terms are gugge, gucken.