An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Distel

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

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2524590An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D — DistelJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Distel, feminine, ‘thistle,’ from the equivalent Middle High German distel, masculine and feminine, Old High German distila, feminine, distil, masculine; corresponds to Dutch and Low German distel, Anglo-Saxon þistel, English thistle, Old Icelandic þistell. Modern Low German and English dialects have î in the accented syllable; hence the root is þī̆st? Akin to Gothic wiga-deinô, ‘milk-thistle’?.