An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Sittich

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

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2524286An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SittichJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Sittich, masculine, ‘parrot,’ from the equivalent Middle High German sittich, masculine, beside which Middle High German and Modern High German psittich also occurs. Borrowed in the Old High German period from Latin and Greek psittacus, contemporaneously with Pfau.