An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/As

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

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry As.

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2522228An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, A — AsJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

As, neuter, Aß, Modern High German only, from the equivalent French as, masculine, ‘the ace (of dice or cards), a small weight’ (Latin as). In Middle High German the prevalent term for the ‘ace (of dice)’ was esse, which comes from Latin assis (a later collateral form of as). Compare Daus.