An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Seim

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

Seim

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

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2652544An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SeimJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Seim, masculine, ‘strained honey, sweetness,’ from Middle High German seim (honecseim), Old High German seim (honangseim), masculine, ‘virgin honey’; compare Dutch zeem; Old Icelandic seimr, hunangsseimr, ‘honeycomb.’ On account of this divergence of meaning in Teutonic the connection of the word with Greek αἰμα, ‘blood’ (literally ‘juice’?), is improbable. It may be allied to the cognates discussed under Seihe.