An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/willkommen

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

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