An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hitte

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Hitte
Friedrich Kluge2511471An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H — Hitte1891John Francis Davis

Hitte, f., LG. goat (Bav. Hette, Hettel, and without mutation Swiss and Suab. Hattel), a pet term for MidHG. hatele, ‘goat’; comp. the equiv. OIc. haðna as well as Hippe.