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Kerze

(Englisch)

candle

Frequenz

C1
Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

keerze

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

liecht

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

waggsliecht

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈkɛʁtsə/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle High German kerze, from Old High German kerza, charza, from either Latin cērāta (“covered with wax”) or Latin charta (“sheet of papyrus”, in this case referring to layers of birch bark from which candles were made). The latter explanation is typically preferred, though the former is semantically more suggestive. Compare Dutch kaars, Hunsrik Kerz, Luxembourgish Käerz.

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