Kleie

German

Etymology

From Middle High German klīwe, klīe, from Old High German klīwa, klīa, klīga. The further origin is unclear. It might stem from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to smear, to glue”) but this is difficult due to semantic reasons.[1]

Noun

Kleie f (genitive Kleie, plural Kleien)

  1. bran
    Synonym: Grüsch (Switzerland)

References
  1. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Kleie”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, ISBN 3-11-006800-1

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