An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Zaunkönig

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Zaunkönig
Friedrich Kluge2558623An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — Zaunkönig1891John Francis Davis

Zaunkönig, m., ‘wren,’ in MidHG. merely küniclîn, OHG. chuninglî, n., ‘little king.’