An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Orkan

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

Orkan

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2633022An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, O — OrkanJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Orkan, masculine, Modern High German only, from the equivalent Dutch orkaan, English hurricane; compare French ouragan, Italian uracano, ‘hurricane’; “it is a modern word introduced from America, said to be of Caribbean origin.”