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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Vers

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Vers
Friedrich Kluge2507788An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — Vers1891John Francis Davis

Vers, m., ‘verse, couplet,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. vërs, fërs, m. and n., which was adopted in the OHG. period (as early as the 9th cent.) from Lat. versus, perhaps contemporaneously with Schule and Meister. Comp. Käfig, Brief, and Vesper for the representation of Lat. v by HG. f (comp. AS. fers, and Du. vers).