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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bieber

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bieber
Friedrich Kluge2506256An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bieber1891John Francis Davis

Bieber, ‘fever’. Only in compounds with -flee, -fraut, --wurz, Comp. MidHG. biever, n., ‘fever.’ Its relation to Lat. febris is ambiguous; it is probably a corruption of vieber. See Fieber.