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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Kantschu

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Kantschu
Friedrich Kluge2507415An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — Kantschu1891John Francis Davis

Kantschu, m., ‘leather whip,’ from Bohem. kančuch, Pol. kańczuk. The word is of Turk. origin (Turk. kamčẹ, ‘whip’). Comp. Karbatsche.