An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lilie

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by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Lilie. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2693498An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L — LilieJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Lilie, feminine, ‘lily,’ from the equivalent Middle High German lilje, Old High German lilja, feminine; borrowed in Old High German from Latin lîlia, plural; the brevity of the i of the accented syllable in the German word and also in English (Anglo-Saxon lilie, English lily) is the same as in Linie and Litze, from Latin lînea and lîcium. Compare Rose.

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