An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/eher
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| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry eher. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
eher, ehr, adverb, ‘sooner, earlier, rather,’ from Middle High German and Old High German êr (ê), ‘formerly, previously,’ comparative adverb; compare Gothic airis, ‘formerly,’ from air, ‘early,’ also Anglo-Saxon œ̂r, English ere. See ehe, erst.