An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/wüst

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

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2552204An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — wüstJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

wüst, adjective, ‘desert, waste, confused, disorderly,’ from Middle High German wüeste, Old High German wuosti, ‘desolate, uncultivated, empty’; corresponding to Old Saxon wôsti, Dutch woest, Anglo-Saxon wêste, ‘waste.’ —