An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/willkommen

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

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

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2550249An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — willkommenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

willkommen, adjective, ‘welcome, acceptable’; substantive ‘welcome, reception’; from Middle High German willekumen. Corresponding to Dutch welkom, Anglo-Saxon wilcumen, English welcome, whence Old French wilecome (a form of greeting) was borrowed.