An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schlupf

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

Schlupf

schlüpfrig

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

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2696203An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchlupfJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schlupf, masculine, ‘slip, refuge, pass, defile,’ from Middle High German slupf, ‘noose, cord,’ allied to Middle High German slüpfen, Middle High German and Old High German slupfen, Modern High German schlüpfen, ‘to slip,’ which is an intensive of Middle High German sliefen, ‘to slide, slip,’ corresponding to Gothic sliupan, ‘to slip’; Latin lûbricus seems to be primitively allied to it. —