An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wermut

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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 Wermut.

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2528450An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — WermutJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Wermut, masculine, ‘wormwood, bitterness,’ from the equivalent Middle High German wërmuot, wërmüete, feminine and neuter, Old High German wërmuota (wormuota), feminine. There is no clear etymological connection with Wurm, to which this uncompounded word (compare Armut) is instinctively allied (compare English wormwood, from Anglo-Saxon wërmôd, wormôd). Its relation to warm too is not certain.