An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wels

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Welle

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

Wels

welsch

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

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2553748An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — WelsJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Wels, masculine, ‘shad’ (fish), from the equivalent late Middle High German wels. Its connection with Walfisch (stem hwalo-) is not impossible, if Middle High German wels is based on Old High German *węlis (from *hwalis-); compare Old High German węlira, ‘whale.’