An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lamprete

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2567763An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L — LampreteJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Lamprete, ‘lamprey,’ from Middle High German lamprête, also corrupted into lemfride, lantfride, &c. Old High German (lamprêta, formed from Latin lamprêda (whence French lamproie, English lamprey), with the variant lampetra, literally ‘stone-licker.’

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