An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Bärlapp

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
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Friedrich Kluge2505971An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — Bärlapp1891John Francis Davis

​ Bärlapp, m., ‘club-moss’; orig. sense ‘bear's paw’; comp. the Lat.-Gr. term lycopodium formed from it; allied to OHG. lappo, lit. ‘palm of the hand.’

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