An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Pfebe

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2510415An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — Pfebe1891John Francis Davis

​ Pfebe, f., from the equiv. MidHG. pfëben, OHG. *pfëban, *pfëbano, m., ‘pumpkin,’ formed from Lat. pepon (Gr. πέπων), ‘pumpkin.’ MidHG. pfëdem, ‘pumpkin,’ and OHG. pfëdemo, are peculiar; besides these, OHG. pëpano, bëbano, and MidHG. bëben also occur without permutation. Comp. bidmen.

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