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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bühel

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bühel
Friedrich Kluge2506529An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bühel1891John Francis Davis

Bühel, Bühl, m., from the equiv. MidHG. bühel, OHG. buil, buhil, m., ‘hill’; it is probably rightly referred to the Aryan root bhū̆k, bhū̆g, ‘to bend.’ See biegen and Buckel.