| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Insel. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
Insel, feminine, ‘island,’ from the equivalent Middle High German insel, insele, feminine; formed from Latin and Romance insula (French île, Italian isola); even in Old High German a divergent form of the word, îsila, was borrowed. The Old Teutonic words for ‘island’ are Aue and Wert.