| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Silbe. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
Silbe, feminine, ‘syllable,’ from the equivalent Middle High German silbe, earlier sillabe, Old High German sillaba, feminine; borrowed from Latin and Greek syllaba, probably at the same period as Schule, and the words relating to writing, such as Brief and schreiben.