An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/vergeuden

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2507763An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — vergeuden1891John Francis Davis

​ vergeuden, vb., ‘to squander, dissipate,’ from MidHG. giuden (übergiuden), wk. vb., ‘to boast, make a parade, squander with ostentation’; unknown to OHG. Goth. *giwiþa might refer to OHG. gëwôn, ‘to open one's mouth wide’ (see gähnen).

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