An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Ekelname

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2522052An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E — Ekelname1891John Francis Davis

​ Ekelname, ‘nickname,’ simply ModHG., in MidHG. â-name, prop. ‘false name’; from LG. œkelname; comp. Swed. öknamn, ‘nickname,’ OIc. aukanafn, ‘epithet, surname’; from the Teut. root auk, ‘to increase.’ See auch.

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