An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/vielleicht

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
vielleicht
Friedrich Kluge2521139An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — vielleicht1891John Francis Davis

vielleicht, adv., from MidHG. vil lîhte, lit. ‘very easy,’ then ‘probably,’ finally ‘perhaps.’