An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Ocker

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, O (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Ocker
Friedrich Kluge2507937An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, O — Ocker1891John Francis Davis

Ocker, m., from the equiv. MidHG. ocker, ogger, n. and m., ‘ochre.’ Borrowed from Lat. ochra (ὥχρα), ‘ochre,’ whence also Ital. ocra, Fr. ocre.