An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Osterluzei

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

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

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2550224An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, O — OsterluzeiJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Osterluzei, feminine, ‘birth-wort,’ first occurs in early Modern High German; corrupted from the Latin term aristolochia, “in order to give at least a German air and some apparent meaning to the word.”