An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wels

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Wels. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
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.’

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