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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/hübsch

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
hübsch
Friedrich Kluge2511515An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H — hübsch1891John Francis Davis

hübsch, adj., ‘pretty, handsome,’ from MidHG. hübesch, hübsch, adj., prop. ‘courtly,’ then also ‘beautiful.’ OHG. *hubisc is connected by a grammatical change with hof.