An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Unke

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
←
Ungeziefer
An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Unke
unlängst
→
Expand abbreviations An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Unke
Friedrich Kluge2508024An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U — Unke1891John Francis Davis

​ Unke, f., ‘ringed snake,’ ModHG. only; in MidHG. ûche (OHG. ûhha), f., ‘toad’; MidHG. and OHG. unc, m., ‘snake.’ Probably the ModHG. word is due to a combination of the older forms.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_German_Language/Unke&oldid=7524329"