An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/kein

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry kein. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2552772An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — keinJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ kein, numeral adjective, ‘no, none,’ from Middle High German kein, shortened from dechein, Old High German dihhein, also Old High German dohh-ein, nihhein, nohhein, all of which are compounded with ein. The meaning of Old High German and Middle High German dech is obscure.

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