An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Scharlei

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Scharlei
Friedrich Kluge2509564An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Scharlei1891John Francis Davis

Scharlei, m., ‘sage’ (bot.), from MidHG. scharleie, f., ‘borrago, clary’; of uncertain origin, which the equiv. Ital. schiarea, MidLat. sclareia, scarleia, are not able to elucidate.