An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Gletscher
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| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Gletscher. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
Gletscher, masculine, ‘glacier,’ first occurs in early Modern High German, adopted from a Swiss word, which was again obtained from French glacier. Compare Firne, Fohn, Lawine.