An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Wetterleuchten

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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2528457An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — WetterleuchtenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Wetterleuchten, neuter, ‘sheet lighting,’ corrupted from late Middle High German (so even now in Modern High German dialects) wëterleich (compare Norwegian vederleik), ‘lightning’; compare Middle High German leichen, ‘to dance, skip’ (see Leich).

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