An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Glück

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2506918An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — Glück1891John Francis Davis

​ Glück, n., ‘luck, fortune, success, happiness,’ from MidHG. gelücke (by syncope glücke), n., ‘luck, accident’; OHG. *gilucchi is wanting; a specifically G. word which in the 14th cent. passed in the form into Scand. (Swed. lycka, Dan. lykke), and as luck into E. (from Du. geluk, ‘fortune’). On account of its meaning its connection with locken is dubious.

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