| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Genosse. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
Genosse, masculine, ‘comrade, companion, mate,’ from the equivalent Middle High German genôȥ, Old High German ginôȥ, masculine; corresponding to Old Saxon genôt, Anglo-Saxon geneát, Dutch genoot; literally ‘one who partakes of something with another,’ compare Geselle and Gesinde. —