An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Pflicht

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

Pflicht

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

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2526345An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — PflichtJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Pflicht, feminine, ‘obligation, duty, allegiance,’ from Middle High German and Old High German pfliht, feminine, ‘friendly care, nursing, intercourse, sympathy, service, obligation’; a verbal abstract from pflegen; allied to Anglo-Saxon pliht, ‘danger,’ English plight, as well as Anglo-Saxon pleón, ‘to risk,’ and pleóh, ‘danger’.