| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Brille. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
Brille, feminine, ‘spectacles,’ from late Middle High German barille, berille, brille, ‘spectacles’ (Dutch bril); properly the gem Latin-Greek beryllus (the syncope of the unaccented e is amply attested by bange, bleiben, glauben, &c.); compare Beryll.