äbich

See also: abich

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ebich, from Old High German abuh, from Proto-Germanic *abuhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂époh₃kʷos. Cognate with English awk, Old Norse ǫfugr, ǫfigr, afigr (“turned backwards”) and Gothic 𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌺𐍃 (ibuks, “turned back”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛːbiç/
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Adjective

äbich (strong nominative masculine singular äbicher, not comparable)

(Central Germany, of clothes) inside out (with the inside surface turned to be on the outside)
Synonym: links

References

Friedrich Kluge (1995) “äbich”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 6

Further reading

“äbich” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

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