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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bernstein

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bernstein
Friedrich Kluge2506184An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bernstein1891John Francis Davis

Bernstein, m., ‘amber’; bern is a LG. form for brenn, therefore properly Brennstein (combustible stone)?. The Teut.-Lat. word is glêsum, preserved in AS. glœ̂re, ‘amber, resin.’