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# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Trommel

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​ Trommel, feminine, ‘drum, cylinder, sieve,’ from the equivalent late Middle High German trumel, trumbel, feminine, of which the classical Middle High German form is trumbe (trumme, trume), ‘drum, trumpet’; compare Old High German trumpa, trumba, ‘trumpet.’ The Romance languages have a corresponding word, Italian tromba, French trompe. Since these have no Latin form, Old High German trumba may be regarded as their source. Old High German trumba seems to be identical with Old Icelandic trumba, ‘pipe, stalk, trumpet,’ in which case the latter is probably nearer the primary meaning.— Modern High German Trompete, ‘trumpet’ (even in Middle High German trúmet, trúmbet), is based on Romance; compare French trompette, Italian trombetta.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Tropf

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​ Tropf, masculine, ‘needy or stupid person,’ from the equivalent late Middle High German tropfe. It is considered to be a variant of Tropfen (Tropf, literally ‘least thing, nothing, wight’?).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Tropfen

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​ Tropfen, masculine, ‘drop, tear,’ from the equivalent Middle High German tropfe (troffe), Old High German tropfo (troffo), masculine; corresponding to Old Saxon dropo, Dutch drop, Anglo-Saxon dropa, English drop, and the equivalent Old Icelandic drope. A derivative of the Teutonic root drup (see triefen).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Trieb

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​ Trieb, masculine, ‘sprout; instinct, impulse,’ Modern High German only; allied to treiben. Compare Trift.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Ring

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​ Ring, masculine, ‘ring, circle, link,’ from Middle High German rinc (genitive ringes), Old High German ring, earlier hring, masculine. ‘ring, hoop, circular object’; compare Old Saxon hring, Dutch ring, Anglo-Saxon hring, English ring, Old Icelandic hringr, masculine. The common Teutonic word, which implies a casually non-existent Gothic *hriggs, denoted a circle, and everything of a circular form. Pre-Teutonic krengho- appears also in the corresponding Old Slovenian krągŭ, masculine, ‘circle,’ krąglŭ, ‘round.’ From the Teutonic word, which also signifies ‘assembly’ (grouped in a circle), are derived the Romance cognates, Italian aringo, ‘rostrum,’ French harangue, ‘public speech,’ and French rang.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Ritten

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​ Ritten, masculine, ‘fever,’ from the equivalent Middle High German rite, ritte, Old High German rito, ritto, masculine, for an earlier *hriþjo, ‘fever’; so too Anglo-Saxon hriþa, masculine, ‘fever’; allied to Old High German rîdon, Middle High German rîden, ‘to shiver,’ Anglo-Saxon hriþian, ‘to shiver in a fever,’ Old High German rîdo, ‘shivering,’ Anglo-Saxon hriþ, ‘storm.’ The root hrī̆þ, pre-Teutonic krī̆t, ‘to move wildly,’ appears also in Old Irish crith, ‘shivering.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Ritter

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​ Ritter, neuter, ‘chevalier, knight,’ from Middle High German ritter, riter, masculine, ‘horseman, knight’ (also rîtœre); the form with tt is due to a confusion with Old High German ritto, ‘horseman’ (from ridjo). See reiten and Reuter.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Rippe

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​ Rippe (Luther, Riebe), feminine, ‘rib,’ from Middle High German rippe (ribe), neuter and feminine, Old High German rippa, feminine, rippi (ribi), neuter ‘rib’; corresponding to the equivalent Dutch rib, ribbe, Anglo-Saxon ribb, English rib, Old Icelandic rif; Gothic *ribi, neuter (plural *ribja), is by chance not recorded. Teutonic ribja-, from pre-Teutonic rebhyo-, is cognate with Modern High German Rebe and Old Slovenian rebro, neuter, ‘rib,’ from rebhro-. See Rebe, where ‘entwining’ is deduced as the primary meaning of Rippe.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Rispe

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​ Rispe, feminine, ‘panicle,’ from Middle High German rispe, ‘f., ‘branches, bushes,’ akin to Old High German hrispahi, neuter, ‘bushes’; of obscure origin. The derivation from Old High German hrëspan, Middle High German rëspen, ‘to pluck, gather,’ is not quite satisfactory.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Rist

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​ Rist, masculine, ‘wrist, instep; withers,’ from Middle High German rist, riste, masculine, feminine, and neuter, ‘wrist, instep’; Old High German *rist, as well as the implied earlier *wrist, are by chance not recorded; compare Dutch wrist (dialectic Frist), Anglo-Saxon wyrst, wrist, English wrist, Old Frisian riust, wirst, ‘wrist, ankle,’ Old Icelandic rist, feminine, ‘instep’; Gothic *wrists is not recorded. The primitive meaning of the cognates is usually assumed to be ‘turning-point,’ Rist being referred to a ​Teutonic root wrī̆þ, ‘to turn,’ which has been reserved in English to writhe, as well as in Modern High German Reitel, ‘packing-stick’ (Middle High German reitel for an earlier *wreitel), Other etymologists connect the word with Greek ῥίζα (from *ϝρισδα?), ‘root.’ Yet Old High German rîho (for earlier *wrîho), Modern High German Reihen, is probably most closely connected with the cognates of Rist, so that Gothic *wristi- would represent wrihsti-, and thus imply an Aryan root wrī̆k.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Ritt

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​ Ritt, masculine, ‘ride,’ first occurs in early Modern High German; a derivative of reiten.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Ringel

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​ Ringel, masculine, ‘ringlet, curl,’ diminutive of the preceding word; Middle High German ringele, ‘marigold,’ Old High German ringila, feminine, ‘marigold, heliotrope.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Rinken

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​ Rinken, ‘large ring, buckle,’ an Upper German word, from Middle High German rinke, masculine and feminine, ‘buckle, clasp,’ whence Middle High German rinkel, ‘small buckle’; an old derivative of Ring (Old High German rinka, from the primitive form *hringjôn).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Rinne

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​ Rinne, feminine, ‘channel, gutter, groove,’ from Middle High German rinne, feminine, Old High German rinna, feminine, ‘watercourse,’ Middle High German also ‘gutter, eavestrough.’ Compare Gothic rinnô, feminine, ‘brook,’ and Anglo-Saxon rynele, English rindle. Connected with the following word.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sekt

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​ Sekt, m., ‘Canary wine, sack,’ ModHG. only, from the equiv. Du. sek, which, like E. sack, is said to have been formed from Ital. vino secco.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Senesbaum

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​ Senesbaum, m., ‘senna (tree),’ ModHG. only, formed from the equiv. Fr. séné (E. senna), Ital. sena. The ultimate source is Arab. sana.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Seneschall

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​ Seneschall, m., ‘seneschal, high steward,’ from the equiv. MidHG. seneschalt, sineschalt, m., which is derived from Rom.; comp. the cognates Fr. sénéchal, Ital. siniscalco (MidLat. siniscalcus), ‘high steward.’ The Rom. words are based on an OTeut. word (Goth. *sinaskalks, ‘head servant’); comp. Goth. sinista, ‘eldest,’ which is primit. allied to OIr. sen, Lat. senex, senior, Lith. sénas, Sans. sánas, ‘old.’ With regard to the second part of the compound comp. Schalk (and Marschall). The invariable t at the end of the MidHG. word is remarkable.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sense

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​ Sense, f., ‘scythe,’ from MidHG. sē̆́nse, sëgense, OHG. sëgansa, f., ‘sickle, scythe’ (for the suffix see Ahle); corresponding to OSax. *sëgasna (sëgisna), Du. zeissen, ‘scythe.’ From a Teut. root seg, ‘to cut’ (see Säge), whence OIc. sigðr, AS. sigðe, sîþe, f., E. scythe, LG. sicht; primit. allied to Lat. secare and securis, Aryan root sek, ‘to cut.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Seite

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​ Seite, f., ‘side, flank, page,’ from MidHG. sîte, sît, OHG. sîta (sîtta), f., ‘side’; comp. Du. zijde, f., ‘side,’ and the equiv. AS. sîde, E. side, OIc. síða, f.; Goth. *seidô (*seidjô), f., is wanting. Allied to OIc. síðr, ‘hanging down,’ AS. sîd, adj., ‘wide, large, extended’? — seits, in einerseits, ander-, jenseits, &c., with adv. s from MidHG. -sît in einsît, ander-sît, jënsît, which are accus. advs.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Senf

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​ Senf, m., ‘mustard,’ from the equiv. MidHG. sënf, sënef, m., OHG. sënaf, m.; corresponding to Goth. sinap, AS. sënep, ‘mustard.’ The other dials. have, like Rom., the term Mostert. It cannot be determined through what medium Gr. and Lat. σίνᾶπι, sinâpi, ‘mustard,’ were introduced at so early a period that the Goth. and HG. terms correspond; but since they are not genuine Aryan words, it is possible the South Teutons and Græco-Itals. obtained them independently from the same source.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Senkel

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​ Senkel, m.,‘plumb-line,’ from MidHG. sęnkel, m., ‘plumb-line, lace,’ also ‘anchor, drag-net,’ OHG. sęnchil, ‘anchor, drag-net.’ Allied to senken, MidHG. sęnken, OHG. sęnchen, ‘to lower’ (factitive of sinken; comp. OSax. sęnkian, Goth. sagqjan, ‘to lower, let down’).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Senne

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​ Senne, m., ‘cowherd,’ ModHG. only, MidHG. *senne is not recorded, but in late MidHG. (rarely), sęnnœ̂re, ‘herdsman, cowherd.’ The antiquity of the ModHG. term is attested, however, by OHG. sęnno, m., ‘herdsman,’ as well as by late MidHG. sęnne, ‘pasture on the Alps.’ On account of the restriction of the cognates to UpG. the origin of the word is not quite certain; it is usually connected with Sahne (Goth. *sana, ‘cream,’ *sanja, ‘cowherd’).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sellerie

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​ Sellerie, m., ‘celery,’ ModHG. only, from Fr. céleri.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Semmel

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​ Semmel, m., ‘roll,’ from MidHG. sëmel, sëmele (also simel), OHG. sëmala, simila, f., ‘fine wheat flour or bread, roll’; a word peculiar to HG., allied to OHG. sëmon, ‘to eat.’ Lat. simila, ‘wheat flour,’ whence also Ital. semola, Fr. semoule, ‘bran from fine wheat flour,’ has been influenced by the HG. word.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gewogen

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​ gewogen, adj., ‘favourably inclined,’ from MidHG. gewëgen, ‘important, inclined’; prop. a partic. of MidHG. gewëgen, ‘to be weighty, adequate, help.’ See wägen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gewärtig

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​ gewärtig, adj., ‘expectant, attentive,’ from MidHG. gewęrtec, ‘careful, obliging’; allied to MidHG. gewarten, ‘to hold oneself ready, watch with observant eyes in order to be ready, for a service, or to admit visitors,’ &c. See warten.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gießen

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​ gießen, vb., from the equiv. MidHG. gieȥen, OHG. gioȥan, ‘to pour, cast metal, form, pour out, spill, stream’; corresponding to Goth. giutan, ‘to pour’ (OIc. gjóta, ‘to throw young, blink with the eyes’), AS. geótan, Du. gieten; a strong verbal root common to Teut., from pre-Teut. ghud, whence also the Lat. root fud in fundo, ‘I pour.’ This root is probably connected with the equiv. root ghu (Gr. χυ-, in χέω, χῦμα, Sans. root hu, ‘to sacrifice’). See also Götze.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gleich

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​ gleich, adj., ‘like, similar, equal, direct,’ from the equiv. MidHG. gelîch, OHG. gilîh(hh); common to Teut. in the same sense; comp. Goth. galeiks, OIc. glíkr, AS. gelîc, E. like, Du. gelijk, OSax. gilîk. This specifically Teut. adj. is compounded of the particle ge-, Goth. ga-, and a subst. lîka-, ‘body,’ whose cognates are discussed under Leiche; the compound meant lit. ‘having a symmetrical body.’ The word lîk, ModHG. -lich, as the second component, is always used in the same sense; e.g., weiblich, lit. ‘having a woman's body’ (it is preserved also in the prons. welcher, solcher, lit. ‘having what kind of body? having a body of that kind’; yet see these words). —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gicksen

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​ gicksen, vb., from the equiv. MidHG. giksen (gëksen), ‘to sigh,’ OHG. gicchaȥȥen; from an onomatopoetic root gik, with a frequentative suffix sen (OHG. aȥȥen, azzen, Goth. atjan).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/girren

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​ girren, vb., ‘to coo,’ allied to MidHG. gërren, gurren, garren, which are used for various kinds of sounds.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gleichsam

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​ gleichsam, adv., ‘as it were, as though,’ a combination of gleich and sam for gleich wie, ‘just as if’; comp. MidHG. sam, same, adv., ‘thus, just as, even as’ (OHG. sama, from a pronom. stem sama-, ‘the very same’; comp. E. same, ​Gr. ὁμός, Sans. sama-, ‘the same, equal’). — See Gleißner.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gewähren

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​ gewähren, vb., ‘to be surety for, guarantee, attest,’ from MidHG. gewërn, OHG. giwërên, ‘to grant, confess, perform, pay, give security,’ also the equiv. MidHG. wern OHG. wërên; corresponding to OFris. wera, ‘to give security.’ From the OHG. partic. wërênto, ‘guarantor,’ were adopted the Romance cognates, Ital. guarento and Fr. garant, ‘bondsman’ (allied to Fr. garantir, Ital. guarentire, ‘to give security,’ whence ModHG. Garantie, E. warrant). The connecting link between the OTeut. wk. verbal stem werai-, ‘to confess,’ and non-Teut. words has not yet been found; perhaps Ir. feraim, ‘I give,’ is allied.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/gewöhnen

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​ gewöhnen, vb., ‘to accustom, inure, habituate,’ from the equiv. MidHG. gewęnen, OHG. giwęnnan (pret. giwenita); corresponding to Du. gewennen, AS. gewęnnan, OIc. venja, Goth. wanjan, ‘to accustom’; derived from an old adj. or rather partic. wana-, ‘accustomed’ (OIc. vanr); for this word a parallel form was chiefly used, the ​latest derivative of which is gewohnt, ‘accustomed,’ OHG. giwon, MidHG. gewon, whence, with a dental suffix (see Mond and Habicht), ModHG. gewohnt (yet without t, Gewohnheit and gewöhnlich); allied to OHG. giwona, MidHG. gewone (gewan), ‘custom.’ For details see wohnen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/glatt

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​ glatt, adj., ‘smooth, polished, slippery, bald,’ from MidHG. and OHG. glat, ‘smooth, shining’; corresponding to OSax. gladmôd, ‘gladsome,’ Du. glad, ‘smooth,’ AS. glǣ̆d, ‘shining, joyous,’ E. glad, OIc. glaðr, ‘joyous, shining.’ Goth. *glada- for pre-Teut. ghladho- is primit. allied to OSlov. gladŭkŭ, ‘smooth,’ Lat. glaber (for *ghladhro-), ‘smooth;’ hence not ‘shining’ but ‘smooth’ is the prim. meaning of the Teut. cognates. The connection with Lith. glodùs, ‘fitting smoothly’ (from the root glud, ‘to cling to’?), is uncertain. Comp. also the following word, as well as glänzen and gleiten.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Roggen

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​ Roggen, m., for the genuine HG. Rocke, Rocken (in Bav. and Hess., Korn is almost invariably used), ‘rye.’ The gg of the ModHG. written form is either LG. or Swiss (see Egge in list of corrections); in MidHG. rocke, OHG. rocko, m., ‘rye, secale’; corresponding to OSax. roggo, Du. rogge. UpG., as well as LG. and Fris., imply the prim. form *rŭggn-. On the other hand, E. and Scand. assume a Goth. *rŭgi-; comp. AS. ryge, E. rye, and the equiv. OIc. rŭgr. Pre-Teut. rughi- is proved by Lith. rugýs, ‘rye-corn’ (rugei, pl., ‘rye’), OSlov. rŭżĭ, ‘rye’ (Gr. ὄρυζα, ‘rice,’ from Sans. vrĭhi, is not allied). Among the East Aryans this term is wanting.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Rolle

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​ Rolle, f., ‘roll, roller, pulley, scroll, actor's part,’ from MidHG. rolle, rulle, f., ‘rotulus,’ also rodel, rottel, m. and f., ‘scroll, list, document’; formed from MidLat. rotulus, rotula, or rather the corresponding Rom. cognates. Comp. Ital. rotolo, rullo, Fr. rôle; whence also E. to roll, MidHG. and ModHG. rollen, Fr. rouler, Ital. rullare.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Roche

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​ Roche (1.), m., ‘ray, thornback,’ from LG. ruche; comp. the equiv. Du. roch, rog, AS. reohha, *rohha, whence MidE. reihe, rouhe; also E. roach, rocke? (E. ray is derived from Lat. raja, whence also Ital. raja, Fr. raie).
Roche (2.), m., ‘castle’ (at chess), from the equiv. MidHG. roch, n.; borrowed with chess-playing from the Fr. (roc, whence also MidE. and E. rook). The ultimate source is Pers. rukh, rokh, ‘archer mounted on an elephant’ (at chess), Deriv. rochieren.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Rocken

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​ Rocken, m., ‘distaff,’ from the equiv. MidHG. rocke, OHG. roccho, m.; common to Teut. in the same sense; comp. Du. rok, rocken, AS. *rocca, MidE. rocke, E. rock, OIc. rokkr; Goth. *rukka is by chance not recorded. The Teut. word passed into Rom.; comp. Ital. rocca, ‘distaff.’ It may be doubted whether Recken and Rock are derived from an old root rak, ‘to spin,’ which does not occur elsewhere. At any rate, Rocken is not connected with the equiv. LG. wocken, since the cognates of Rocken, according to the LG. and E. terms, have not lost an initial w.