An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Beweis

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Beweis
Friedrich Kluge2506243An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Beweis1891John Francis Davis

Beweis, m., first occurs in ModHG., from MidHG. bewîsen, ‘to instruct, show, prove’; comp. weisen.