An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Hornung

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

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

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2522539An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H — HornungJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Hornung, masculine, ‘February,’ from the equivalent Middle High German and Old High German hornunc(g); the termination -ung is patronymic; February is regarded as the offspring of January, which in earlier Modern High German (dialectic) is designated by großer Horn, ‘great horn,’ in contrast with February, kleiner Horn, ‘little horn.’ Compare Anglo-Saxon and Old Icelandic hornung, ‘bastard’?.