An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Anis

by Friedrich Kluge

Anis, m., from the equiv. MidHG. anîs, also enis, n., ‘anise,’ borrowed perhaps even before the MidHG. period from Lat. anîsum (Gr. ἄνϊσον), ‘anise,’ whence also Fr. anis, E. anise.