An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/heikel

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

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2518744An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H — heikelJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

heikel, adjective, ‘hooked, captious, nice,’ Modern High German only, but widely current in the dialects; Swiss. heikχel, Bavarian and Suabian haikel, East Frisian hekel, ‘fastidious with regard to food.’ Geographically heifel and Efel seem to supplement each other, and hence may be regarded as identical.