An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/willkommen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2508580An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — willkommen1891John Francis Davis

​ willkommen, adj., ‘welcome, acceptable’; subst. ‘welcome, reception’; from MidHG. willekumen. Corresponding to Du. welkom, AS. wilcumen, E. welcome, whence OFr. wilecome (a form of greeting) was borrowed.

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