An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bingelkraut

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Bingelkraut
Friedrich Kluge2506280An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bingelkraut1891John Francis Davis

Bingelkraut, n., earlier Büngelkraut, ‘mercury’; Büngel, a name of a plant, from MidHG. bunge, OHG. bungo, ‘bulb.’ See Bachbunge.