Ampfer
German
Etymology
From the equivalent Middle High German ampfer, Old High German ampfaro m, allied to the equivalent Old English ompre, from Proto-West Germanic *amprō; an adjective used as a substantive. Compare Dutch amper (“sharp, bitter, unripe”), Old Swedish amper, Old Norse apr (“sharp, chiefly of cold”) (for Proto-Germanic *ampraz); also Low German ampern (“to prove bitter to the taste”). Sauerampfer (also corrupted to Sauer-ramf) is a tautological compound like Windhund. In case *ampraz, from earlier Pre-Germanic *ambras, represents the properly Proto-Indo-European *amrós (see *h₂eh₃mós, *h₂éh₃-mr-), Sanskrit अम्ल (amlá, “sour; wood-sorrel”) and Latin amārus (“bitter”) are primitively cognate with this word.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Ampfer m (strong, genitive Ampfers, plural Ampfer)
Declension
Derived terms
- Alpen-Ampfer (“R. alpinus”)
- Garten-Ampfer (“R. patientia”)
- Knäuel-Ampfer (“R. conglomeratus”)
- Krauser Ampfer (“R. crispus”)
- Sauerampfer (“R. acetosa, R. acetosella”)
- Stierkopf-Ampfer (“R. bucephalophorus”)
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Ampfer”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
- “Ampfer” in Duden online
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