An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kruppe

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Kruppe. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2553620An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — KruppeJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Kruppe, feminine, ‘crupper,’ Modern High German only, borrowed from French croupe, whence English croup. The French word has been derived from Scandinavian kryppa, feminine, ‘hump, excrescence’ (allied to kroppr, ‘hump’). See the following word.

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