An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Singrün

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

Singrün

sinken

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

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2524278An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SingrünJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Singrün, neuter, ‘periwinkle,’ Modern High German only, properly a Low German word; compare Anglo-Saxon and Middle English singrêne, Old Icelandic sí-grœ́nn, ‘semperviva’; sin, ‘always,’ is an Old Teutonic prefix connected with Latin sem-per. Compare Sündflut.