Zwarg
East Central German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German twerc, from Old High German twerc, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Noun
[edit]Zwarg m
- (Erzgebirgisch) dwarf (creature)
- (Erzgebirgisch) dwarf, midget
- (Erzgebirgisch, mythology) gnome
References
[edit]- 1983 Manfred Blechschmidt, Vun Barggeschrei un Wunnerblume = Mundartsagen aus dem West-Erzgebirge, S. 34
- 1992 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Wie dr Schnoobl gewachen is, P. 20
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- East Central German terms inherited from Middle High German
- East Central German terms derived from Middle High German
- East Central German terms inherited from Old High German
- East Central German terms derived from Old High German
- East Central German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- East Central German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- East Central German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- East Central German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- East Central German lemmas
- East Central German nouns
- East Central German masculine nouns
- Erzgebirgisch
- gmw-ecg:Mythology