An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schellack

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

Schellack

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2528408An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchellackJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schellack, masculine, ‘shellac,’ Modern High German only, from the equivalent Low German and Dutch schellak; compare English shellac; literally ‘scale lac, lac thin like scales.’