An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bilch

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bilch
Friedrich Kluge2506268An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bilch1891John Francis Davis

Bilch, f., ‘dormouse,’ from the equiv. MidHG. bilch, OHG. bilich (whence OBulg. plŭchŭ, ‘dormouse,’ is borrowed?); bil- is primit. cognate with W. bele, ‘marten.’