An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Lamprete

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Lamprete
Friedrich Kluge2507495An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L — Lamprete1891John Francis Davis

Lamprete, ‘lamprey,’ from MidHG. lamprête, also corrupted into lemfride, lantfride, &c. OHG. (lamprêta, formed from Lat. lamprêda (whence Fr. lamproie, E. lamprey), with the variant lampetra, lit. ‘stone-licker.’