An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/unterthan

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U (1891)
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Friedrich Kluge2508032An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U — unterthan1891John Francis Davis

​ unterthan, adj. ‘subject to, dependent,’ from the equiv. MidHG. undertân, OHG. untartân. Properly a partic. of MidHG. undertuon, OHG. untartuon, ‘to subjugate, bring into subjection.’ See thun.

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