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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sittich

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Sittich
Friedrich Kluge2510041An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Sittich1891John Francis Davis

Sittich, m., ‘parrot,’ from the equiv. MidHG. sittich, m., beside which MidHG. and ModHG. psittich also occurs. Borrowed in the OHG. period from Lat. and Gr. psittacus, contemporaneously with Pfau.