An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Zwick

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

Zwick

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

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2522964An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — ZwickJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Zwick, masculine, ‘peg, sprig; pinch, nip, twinge,’ from Middle High German zwic, a variant of zwëc (see Zweck), ‘nail, nip, pinch,’ From German is derived the equivalent Danish svik. —