An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Sprehe

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

Sprehe

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

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2553694An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SpreheJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Sprehe, feminine, ‘starling,’ Modern High German only, properly a Low German word; compare Old Saxon sprâ, Dutch spreeuw, North Frisian sprïan, ‘starling.’ Origin obscure. From an Old Teutonic dialectic the equivalent Old French esprohon was borrowed.