An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Berkan

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Berkan
Friedrich Kluge2506180An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Berkan1891John Francis Davis

Berkan, ‘a kind of cloth, fustian,’ from MidHG. barragân, barkân, from MidLat. barracânus (Fr. bouracan, Ital. baracane), E. barracan; comp. Barchent.