An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Quendel

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

Quendel

quengeln

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

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2524246An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q — QuendelJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Quendel, masculine, ‘wild thyme,’ from the equivalent Middle High German quëndel, most frequently quënel (konel), Old High German quënala (chonala), feminine; compare Dutch kwendel, Anglo-Saxon cunele. It is hardly probable that this is an early loan-word from Latin conîla (Greek κονίλη), ‘thyme,’ since the Romance languages have not preserved the word.