An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Soldat

←

Sold

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

Soldat

sollen

→

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

Random word

2569129An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SoldatJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Soldat, masculine, ‘soldier,’ an early Modern High German loan-word, based on Italian soldato, whence also French soldat (English soldier comes from Old French soldoier); in Middle High German the term soldenœre with a Teutonic suffix was used, and signified ‘paid warrior, mercenary.’