An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Fasching
Fasching, masculine, ‘carnival,’ from Middle High German vaschanc, masculine, ‘Shrovetide’; how it is connected with Fastnacht (Shrove-Tuesday) has not yet been explained.
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Fasching, masculine, ‘carnival,’ from Middle High German vaschanc, masculine, ‘Shrovetide’; how it is connected with Fastnacht (Shrove-Tuesday) has not yet been explained.