An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/unterthan

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

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2551370An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U — unterthanJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

unterthan, adjective ‘subject to, dependent,’ from the equivalent Middle High German undertân, Old High German untartân. Properly a participle of Middle High German undertuon, Old High German untartuon, ‘to subjugate, bring into subjection.’ See thun.