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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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry unterthan. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
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.

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