An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schönbartspiel

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Schönbartspiel. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2553682An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchönbartspielJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Schönbartspiel neuter, ‘mummery, carnival play,’ a corruption of Middle High German schëmebart, masculine (also schëme-houbet), ‘mask,’ connecting the word with the adjective schön; schëmebart is properly ‘bearded mask,’ from Middle High German schëme, masculine, ‘shadow, mask.’

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