Etymology Explorer
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Where does “egele” come from?
egele (Middle High German) comes from Old High German egala, from Latin egula — A kind of sulphur.
Ancestry of “egele”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old High German
egala
—
2
Latin
egula
A kind of sulphur
Words derived from “egele”
Egel
Blutegel
Leberegel
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