An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Glatze

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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 Kluge2511336An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — Glatze1891John Francis Davis

​ Glatze, f., from the equiv. MidHG. glatz, ‘bald pate, bald spot, surface of the head’; Goth. *glatta- for pre-Teut. ghladhno, allied to glatt (pre-Teut. ghladho-); hence Glätte is lit. ‘smooth spot.’

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