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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Petze

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Petze
Friedrich Kluge2510405An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — Petze1891John Francis Davis

Petze, f., ‘bitch, she-bear’; early ModHG.; its relation to the equiv. E. bitch (from AS. bičče) and Fr. biche is uncertain.