An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Focke

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2552110An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — FockeJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Focke, feminine, ‘sail on the foremast,’ simply Modern High German, borrowed from Low German; compare Dutch fok, ‘foremast,’ Danish fok, Swedish fock, ‘foresail.’

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