An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/predigen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
predigen
Friedrich Kluge2510511An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — predigen1891John Francis Davis

predigen, vb., ‘to preach,’ from the equiv. MidHG. prędigen, brędigen, OHG. prędigôn, brędigôn (brêdiôn); corresponding to OSax. prędigôn, Du. prediken. Borrowed in the OHG. period from the ecclesiastical Lat. and Rom. prœdicâre (Fr. prêcher, whence E. preach, Ital. predicare), from which OIr. pridchim, ‘I preach,’ is also derived. —