An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Frischling

←

flisch

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

Frischling

frisieren

→

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

Random word

2521592An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — FrischlingJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Frischling, masculine, ‘young wild-boar,’ from Middle High German vrischinc, vrischlinc, masculine; a derivative of frisch with the suffixes -ing, -ling. The Old High German frisking (fruscing), ‘beast of offering,’ was adopted by Old French as fresange, ‘young pig.’