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

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​ fehlen, verb, ‘to miss, want, err,’ from Middle High German vêlen, vœlen, ‘to fail, mistake, cheat, be wanting, miss’; borrowed in the Middle High German period (about 1200 A.D.) from French faillir, ‘to fail, miss, deceive,’ which again, like Italian fallire, is derived from Latin fallere. The word was also adopted by English in the 13th century; compare English fail, likewise Dutch feilen, ‘to fail, miss, deceive,’ Scandinavian (since the 14th century), feila.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/feist

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​ feist, adjective, ‘fat, in good condition,’ from Middle High German veiȥt, veiȥet, Old High German feiȥȥit, adjective, ‘fat, greasy’; properly a participle without gi-, ge- of a Gothic verb *faitjan, ‘to fatten,’ Old High German feiȥȥen, which is from the nominal stem faita-, ‘fat,’ Old Icelandic feitr, Middle High German veiȥ. With the assumed Gothic *faitiþs are connected Anglo-Saxon fœ̂ted, fœ̂tt, and English fat (compare fett). Gothic *faita-, from pre-Teutonic paido-, has no unquestionable cognates in the allied languages; it can scarcely be connected with Old Slovenian pitĕti, ‘to nourish, feed,’ on account of the faulty shifting of the dental (Slavonic t corresponding to Gothic t is impossible); it is more probably related to the root πῖδ, ‘to swell, flow forth’; compare πῖδαξ, ‘a spring,’ πιδύω, ‘to gush forth.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/feige

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​ feige, adjective, ‘cowardly, dastardly,’ from Middle High German veige, Old High German feigi, adjective, ‘doomed to death, accursed, unhappy,’ then also ‘timid, cowardly’ (in the Modern High German sense feige is wanting in the Upper German dialects); compare Old Saxon fêgi, ‘doomed to death,’ Hessian fêg, Dutch veeg, veege, ‘on the point of death,’ Anglo-Saxon fœ̂ge, Scotch fey, Old Icelandic feigr, ‘doomed to death, on the point of death.’ In the sense of ‘fated to die,’ the adjective is primitively Teutonic (Gothic *faigs). It has also been compared with Sanscrit pakvás, ‘ripe,’ so that the Teutonic cognates would represent pêkj, pêki (with an inserted vowel); compare feil. Far more improbable is the assumption that it is connected with Gothic faihs, Old High German fêh, Anglo-Saxon fâh, ‘variegated,’ as is it were thought that the person doomed to death by the fates was distinguished by some coloured mark. Some compare it with the cognates discussed under Fehde, some with Lithuanian paíkas, ‘stupid, silly,’ others, again, with an Old Saxon féhian, ‘to condemn.’ See Fehme.
# The Career of Joan Carthew

   She was down—very far down; but she was young, she was beautiful, she was brave, and life had early taught her to be unscrupulous. The world was, after all, an oyster; she would open it yet somehow and make it hers; this was a vow.
THE CAREER OF JOAN CARTHEW:
THE ADVENTURES OF A GIRL WHO HAD NOTHING AND WANTED EVERYTHING.
By Mrs. C. N. WILLIAMSON.
CONTENTS
* I.—The Old Lady in the Victoria
* II.—The Steam-Yacht "Titania"
* III.—The Tenants of Roseneath Park
* IV.—The Woman Who Knew
* V.—The Coup of "The Planet"
* VI.—Kismet and a V.C.
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# The Cardinal Flower

From The Harvard Advocate
Upon the bank the deep-red flower shone, Amid the autumn grass, embrowned and sere; A tiny dew-drop sparkled thereupon In semblance of a tear.
Above, a flock of tardy birds took flight Unto the meadows of a sunnier clime; And in the west gathered the gloomy night,— The night of autumn time.
Beside the river, flowing to the sea, Made low lament, blown over by the breeze, For summer's death; and the same threnody Sang the wind-shaken trees.
I did not pluck the flower that bloomed so fair, But left it bannerwise, to swing and wave; To fade, and mingle with the wan grass there, Over September's grave.
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# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Wicht

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​ Wicht, m., ‘wight, creature, ragamuffin,’ from MidHG. wiht, m. and n., ‘creature, being, thing’ (used espec. of hobgoblins, dwarfs, &c.), OHG. wiht, m. and n., ‘thing, being, person’; comp. also the meanings of Bösewicht. Corresponding to OSax. wiht, ‘thing’ (plur. ‘demons’), Du. wicht, ‘little child, AS. wiht, ‘being, thing, demon,’ E. wight. Goth distinguishes between waihts, f., ‘thing,’ and ni-waiht, n., ‘nothing’ on which Ger. nicht and nichts are based). The meaning ‘personal or living being’ is probably derived from the primary sense ‘thing,’ for the early history of which the cognate languages give no clue except through OSlov. veštĭ, ‘thing,’ which, like Teut. wihti-, is based upon Aryan wekti-. The cognates can scarcely be explained by wiegen and wägen. MidHG. wihtelîn, wihtelmęnnelîn are still used dial. for ‘hobgoblins, dwarfs.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Wicke

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​ Wicke (1.), f., ‘vetch, tare,’ from the equiv. MidHG. wicke, OHG. wiccha, f.; corresponding to Du. wikke. Borrowed from Lat. vicia, ‘vetch,’ whence the equiv. Ital. veccia, Fr. vesce (E. vetch). The period at which it was borrowed (contemporaneous with Spelt?) is fixed by the representation of Lat. v by w (comp. Pfau, Pfühl with Vogt and Veilchen), as well as the retention of the Lat. c as k (comp. Kreuz).
Wicke (2.), f. ‘wick,’ see Wieche.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Widder

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​ Widder, m., ‘ram,’ from MidHG. wider, OHG. widar, m.; corresponding to Goth. wiþrus, m. (ram? lamb?), AS. wëðer, E. wether, Du. weder, ‘ram, wether.’ Teut. weþru-, from pre-Teut. wétru-, is primit. allied to Lat. vitulus, ‘calf,’ Sans. vatsá, ‘calf, young animal,’ which are derived from Aryan wet-,‘year’; comp. Lat. vetus, ‘aged,’ Gr. ἔτος, Sans. vatsara, ‘year.’ Hence Widder means lit. ‘young animal, yearling.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Westen

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​ Westen, m., ‘west,’ from the equiv. Mid HG. wësten, OHG. wëstan, n.; also ModHG. West, which is found in OHG. and MidHG. only as the first part of compounds (e.g., OHG. Wästfâlo, MidHG. Wëstvâle, ‘Westphalian’). Comp. Du. west (in compounds), E. west (whence Fr. ouest), OIc. vestr, n. The explanation of the cognates is difficult, espec. on account of the old term Visegothae, ‘Visigoths, West Goths,’ transmitted by Lat. One is inclined to connect the word with Lat. ves-per, Gr. ἑσπέρα, ‘evening,’ and to regard it as the ‘evening quarter’; comp. the corresponding explanations of Süd and Ost (see also Abend).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Wickel

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​ Wickel, m. and n., ‘roll, curl-paper, distaff-ful (of flax),’ from MidHG. wickel, wickelin, OHG. wicchilî, wicchilîn, n., ‘roll, a quantity of flax or wool to spin off’; cognate with Wicke, ‘wick.’ Further cognates are wanting to explain the early history of the word. Allied to wickeln, vb. ‘to roll, wind, swathe,’ from late MidHG. wickeln, lit. ‘to make into the form of a roll’; also ModHG. Wickel, f., ‘swaddling clothes.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Wetter

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​ Wetter, n., ‘weather, storm, tempest,’ from the equiv. MidHG. wëter, OHG. wëtar, n.; corresponding to OSax. wëdar, ‘weather, tempest, storm,’ Du. weder, weêr, AS. wëder, E. weather, and the equiv. OIc. veðr (Goth. *widra- is wanting). If Teut. wedro- is based on pre-Teut. wedhro-, OSlov. vedro, n., ‘fair weather’ (vedrŭ, ‘bright, clear’), is related to it. It is possible, though less probable, that wetró- is the Aryan base, with which also OSlov. větrŭ, ‘air, wind’ (from the root wê, ‘to blow’), coincides. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Wetterleuchten

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​ Wetterleuchten, n., ‘sheet lighting,’ corrupted from late MidHG. (so even now in ModHG. dials.) wëterleich (comp. Norw. vederleik), ‘lightning’; comp. MidHG. leichen, ‘to dance, skip’ (see Leich).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Widerpart

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​ Widerpart, m., ‘opponent, opposition,’ from MidHG. widerparte, f. and m., ‘opposing party, enmity, enemy, opponent,’ allied to MidHG. part, ‘part,’ which is based on Lat. pars (Fr. part). —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Widersacher

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​ Widersacher, m., ‘adversary,’ from MidHG. widersache, OHG. widarsahho, m., ‘opponent in a lawsuit, accused, opponent (generally)’; allied to Sache, which orig. meant ‘legal dispute.’ —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Weste

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​ Weste, f., ‘vest, waistcoat,’ adopted as a current term in the last cent. Since the word is unknown to the older dialects, it must have been borrowed from Fr. veste (Lat. vestis); had it, however, appeared earlier in the OTeut. dialects, it would have been primit. allied to Lat. vestis. The modern dial. form, MidHG. wester, ‘christening gown’ (found espec. in compounds), is based on the same Aryan root as Lat. vestis. With the Aryan root wes, ‘to clothe’ (equiv. to Sans. vas, Gr. ἔννυμι for *ϝεσ-νυμς, Lat. ves-tis), are also connected Goth. wasjan, ‘to dress,’ OHG. and AS. węrian, E. to wear.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wolke

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​ Wolke, feminine, ‘cloud,’ from the equivalent Middle High German wolken, Old High German wolchan, masculine; also in Middle High German (Alemannian, Middle German) wolke, Old High German wolcha, feminine, ‘cloud.’ Corresponding to Old Saxon wolcan, neuter, Dutch wolk, Anglo-Saxon wolcen, ‘cloud’ (to which English welkin is allied). Under welk a pre-Teutonic root welg, ‘moist,’ is assumed, with which the term wolkôn (wolken-), neuter, ‘cloud’ (literally ‘the moist thing’), peculiar to West Teutonic, is connected.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wrack

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​ Wrack, neuter, ‘wreck, refuse,’ Modern High German only, from Low German; compare Dutch wrak, English wreck. Based on Dutch wrak, ‘useless, damaged,’ and wraken, ‘to cast out.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wucher

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​ Wucher, masculine, ‘usury, interest,’ from Middle High German wuocher, Old High German wuohhar, masculine and neuter, ‘produce, fruit, gain, profit’; corresponding to Gothic wôkrs, ‘usury.’ The Old High German and Middle High German sense ‘descendants’ points to a Teutonic root wak, ‘to arise, bear,’ which is identical with the Aryan root wō̆g, ‘to be astir, successful, energetic’ (see wecken); compare Sanscrit vãja, masculine, ‘power, strength, nourishment, prosperity,’ and Anglo-Saxon onwœcnan, ‘to be born.’ In meaning the Aryan root aug, ‘to increase,’ cognate with Aryan wog, is more closely connected; compare Latin augere, Gothic aukan (Lithuanian augti, ‘to grow’).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wolle

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​ Wolle, feminine, ‘wool, down,’ from the equivalent Middle High German wolle, Old High German wolla, feminine; corresponding to Gothic wulla, Anglo-Saxon wull, English wool, Dutch wol. Teutonic wullô-, from pre-Teutonic wlná (for ll from ln see Welle and voll), corresponding the Aryan languages to Sanscrit ûrṇâ, Old Slovenian vlŭna, Lithuanian vílna, ‘wool’; in Latin villus, vellus. Sanscrit ũrṇâ is connected with a root vṛ, ‘to cover, wrap’ (present ûrṇõmi); hence Welle (Aryan wlnâ) meant literally ‘that which covers.’ Greek εἰρος, ἔριον, ‘wool,’ cannot be related to the common Aryan cognates (root wel).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wollust

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​ Wollust, feminine, ‘delight, voluptuousness,’ from Middle High German wol-lust, masculine and feminine, ‘gratification, joy, pleasure, enjoyment, merry life, voluptuousness.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wonne

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​ Wonne, feminine, ‘rapture, ecstasy, bliss,’ from Middle High German wunne (wünne), Old High German wunna (wunni), feminine, ‘joy, pleasure, the most beautiful and best’; corresponding to Old Saxon wunnia, ‘joy,’ Anglo-Saxon wynn. Gothic *wunni (genitive *wunnjôs) was probably a verbal abstract of Gothic wunan, ‘to rejoice,’ the root of which (Aryan wen, ‘to be pleased’) appears in wohnen. Old High German wunnea (Middle High German wünne), ‘pasture-land,’ has been considered as identical with Wonne; yet that word, like Gothic winja, ‘pasture, fodder,’ has its own early history. It has been preserved in Wonnemonat, ‘month of May,’ Middle High German wunnemânôt (winnemânôt), on. wunni-, winni-, mânôd, literally ‘pasture month.’
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wuchs

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​ Wuchs, masculine, ‘growth, development’; Modern High German only, a graded form, from wachsen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wort

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​ Wort, neuter, ‘word, term, expression,’ from the equivalent Middle High German and Old High German wort, masculine; corresponding to Gothic waúrd, Old Saxon, Anglo-Saxon, and English word, Dutch woord. The common Teutonic wordo, ‘word,’ based on Aryan wṛdho-, is equivalent to Latin verbum (Latin b for Aryan dh, as in Bart, rot), Prussian wirds, ‘word,’ and Lithuanian vardas, ‘name.’ Wort has with lees reason been regarded as an old participle wr-tó- (for the suffix compare satt and traut), and derived from the root wer (wrê), appearing in Greek ῥήτωρ, ‘orator,’ ῥήτρα, ‘saying,’ ἐρέω, ‘to ask,’ and with which Old Irish breth, ‘sentence,’ based on Aryan wṛto-, is connected.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wohlthat

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​ Wohlthat, feminine, ‘benefit, kindness, good deed,’ from the equivalent Middle High German woltât, Old High German wolatât.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wolf

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​ Wolf, masculine, ‘wolf,’ from the equivalent Middle High German and Old High German wolf, masculine; common to Teutonic and also to Aryan; compare Gothic wulfs, Old Saxon wulf, Dutch wolf, Anglo-Saxon wulf, English wolf. Teutonic wulfo-, from wulpo-, is based on Aryan wlqo-, wlko-; compare Sanscrit vṛ́ka, Old Slovenian vlûkŭ. Lithuanian vilkas, Greek λύκος, Latin lupus, ‘wolf.’ On account of this apparent similarity between Wolf and the equivalent words of the other Aryan languages, Latin vulpes, ‘fox,’ cannot be allied. The Aryan term wlko- ​has been rightly compared with the Aryan root welk, ‘to march,’ preserved in Greek ἕλκω, Old Slovenian vlęką, so that Wolf meant perhaps ‘robber.’ The word was often used in Teutonic to form names of persons; compare Wolfram, under Rabe; Rudolf, from Ruodolf (literally ‘famous wolf,’ see Ruhm), Adolf, from Adalolf (literally ‘noble wolf, see Adel).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/laben

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​ laben, verb, ‘to refresh,’ from Middle High German laben, Old High German labôn (compare Anglo-Saxon gelafian), ‘to wash, quicken, refresh.’ If we take into consideration Tacitus' account of the fondness of the Teutons for bathing, we can readily conceive how the meaning ‘to refresh’ was evolved from ‘to wash’; the reverse course is also possible, as is shown perhaps by Modern High German sich erfrischen, sich stärken, in the sense of ‘to drink,’ The former is the more probable, on account of Middle High German lap (b), ‘bilge water’; there is, however, no connection with Latin lavare, Greek λούειν. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/lasch

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​ lasch, adjective, ‘slack,’ from Middle High German and Old High German *lasc; compare Old Icelandic lǫskr (Gothic *lasqs-), adjective, ‘slack, weary’; formed with a suffix sk from the root laß, lassen (Gothic *lasqa- would represent *latsqa-). Yet it is not improbable, since lasch is first recorded in Modern High German, that the root was borrowed from a Romance class similar in sound (compare French lâche, Italian lasco,‘idle’).
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/küssen

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​ küssen, verb, ‘to kiss,’ from Middle High German and Middle Low German küssen, Old High German chussen; Anglo-Saxon cyssan, English to kiss, Old Icelandic kyssa.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/küren

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​ küren, verb, ‘to choose, select,’ Modern High German only, derived from an older kŭr, feminine, ‘choice,’ equivalent to Kur.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/lachen

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​ lachen, verb, ‘to laugh,’ from the equivalent Middle High German lachen, Old High German lahhên, lahhan, earlier hlahhan; the hk of the High German is due, according to Gothic hlahjan (preterite hlôh), ‘to laugh,’ to an older hj, Anglo-Saxon hlyhhan, English to laugh, and the equivalent Dutch lachen. In the non-Teutonic languages the stem hlah, pre-Teutonic klak (probably onomatopoetic, like the cognates of klingen or Lithuanian klegĕti, ‘to be noisy, laugh loudly’), is not positively authenticated. — Derivative Lache, feminine, ‘laugh,’ from Middle High German lache, feminine, ‘laughing,’ compare English laughter, Anglo-Saxon hleahtor, Middle High German lahter, ‘laughter.’ Lächeln, verb ‘to smile,’ from Middle High German lęcheln, is a frequentative of lachen.
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/lang

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​ lang, adjective, ‘long,’ from the equivalent Middle High German lanc (g), Old High German (and Old Saxon) lang; it corresponds to Anglo-Saxon and English long, Gothic laggs, Old Icelandic langr, Dutch and Low German lang. A common Teutonic adjective primitively allied to Latin longus; it also cognates, perhaps, with Old Persian drânga, so that in Latin and Teutonic a dental (d or dh) may have been lost; Greek δολιχός, Old Slovenian dlŭgŭ, Sanscrit dîrghás, ‘long,’ are certainly not allied. —
# An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/langsam

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​ Modern High German langsam, adjective, ‘slow,’ is one of the earliest forms ending in sam (in Gothic only lustusams, ‘delightful, longed for’); Anglo-Saxon longsum, ‘tedious, continuous,’ Old Saxon langsam. In Old High German, besides langsam, ‘lasting a long time,’ there exists a form langseimi, ‘lingering,’ and in Middle High German lancsam, adjective and adverb, ‘slow,’ as well as lancseime, ‘lingering, slow’; in Modern High German langseim became obsolete, and its meaning has been transferred to langsam.