An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Frettchen

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

Frettchen

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

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2518552An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — FrettchenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Frettchen, neuter, ‘little ferret,’ diminutive of an earlier Modern High German Frett, masculine, ‘ferret,’ occurs in Modern High German from Romance; compare Italian furetto, French furet (English ferret), Middle Latin furetum, furetus. ‘ferret,’ which is based upon early Middle Latin furo, ‘polecat,’ equivalent to Latin fur, ‘thief.’