An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gestatten

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
←
gestalt
An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
gestatten
gestehen
→
Expand abbreviations An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gestatten
Friedrich Kluge2507628An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, G — gestatten1891John Francis Davis

​ gestatten, vb., ‘to allow, admit, grant,’ from MidHG. gestaten, wk. vb., ‘to grant, permit,’ OHG. gistatôn; probably connected most closely with OHG. stata, f., ‘favourable opportunity’ (for details see Statt). —

Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=An_Etymological_Dictionary_of_the_German_Language/gestatten&oldid=7619102"