äbich
See also: abich
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German ebich, from Old High German abuh, from Proto-Germanic *abuhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂époh₃kʷos. Cognate with English awk, Old Norse ǫfugr, ǫfigr, afigr (“turned backwards”) and Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 (ibuks, “turned back”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
äbich (strong nominative masculine singular äbicher, not comparable)
- (Central Germany, of clothes) inside out (with the inside surface turned to be on the outside)
- Synonym: links
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “äbich”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 6
Further reading edit
- “äbich” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.