An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Dolmetsch

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

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

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2507699An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, D — DolmetschJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Dolmetsch, masculine, ‘interpreter,’ from the equivalent Middle High German tolmetsche, tolmetze, tulmetsche; a Turk. word (North Turk. tilmač) which found its way into Middle High German through Magyar (tolmács) or Slavonic (Old Slovenian tlǔmačĭ, Polish tlumacz, Bohemian tlumač); also in Middle High German tolc, tolke (compare further Dutch tolk), ‘interpreter,’ from Old Slovenian tlŭkŭ (whence also Lithuanian tulkas, Lettic tulks, ‘interpreter’).