An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sprichwort

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Sprichwort
Friedrich Kluge2510125An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Sprichwort1891John Francis Davis

Sprichwort, n., ‘proverb,’ from the equiv. MidHG. sprichwort, n. (the form Sprüchwort first occurs in early ModHG. only), lit. ‘uttered word.’