An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Abgrund

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, A
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2519730An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, A — AbgrundJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Abgrund, masculine, ‘abyss, precipice,’ from Middle High German abgrunt, masculine, most frequently abgründe, neuter, Old High German abgrunti, neuter, ‘abyss,’ properly ‘declivity’; compare Gothic afgrundiþa, feminine, ‘abyss.’