An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Ekelname

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Ekel

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

Ekelname

Elch

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

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2521394An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E — EkelnameJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Ekelname, ‘nickname,’ simply Modern High German, in Middle High German â-name, properly ‘false name’; from Low German œkelname; compare Swedish öknamn, ‘nickname,’ Old Icelandic aukanafn, ‘epithet, surname’; from the Teutonic root auk, ‘to increase.’ See auch.