An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Furcht

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Furche

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

Furcht

fürchten

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

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2524622An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, F — FurchtJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Furcht, feminine, ‘fear, terror, fright,’ from Middle High German vorhte, vorht, feminine, ‘fear, anxiety, apprehension,’ Old High German and Old Saxon forhta, forahta; abstract of fürchten. In Anglo-Saxon a modified abstract is found; compare Anglo-Saxon fyrhto (Gothic faurhtei), hence English fright, whence to frighten, to fright; English fear (see Gefahr), is not a cognate.