abessinierbrønn

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New Abyssinian well (tube well) installed in Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria with hand pump and motor pump.

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Etymology

abessinier +‎ brønn, first part Abyssinian from the place name Abyssinia, from the place name Abyssinia, from New Latin Abissini, either from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša, Abyssinia), from حَبَش (ḥabaš, Abysinnian), or from Amharic ሀበሻ (häbäša, Habesha (The inhabitants of Abyssinia)) + the ending -er, from Old Norse -ari, from Medieval Latin and Middle Low German words, both from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz, from Latin -ārius. Last part from Old Norse bruðr, brunnr (spring, well), from Proto-Germanic *brunnô (source, wellspring, fountain), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrun- (a bubbling forth; a fountain, wellspring, source), from *bʰrew- (to boil, brew), from *bʰer- (to bear, carry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abəˈsiːnɪərbrœn/
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  • Rhymes: -œn
  • Hyphenation: ab‧es‧si‧ni‧er‧brønn

Noun

abessinierbrønn m (definite singular abessinierbrønnen, indefinite plural abessinierbrønner, definite plural abessinierbrønnene)

  1. (engineering) a tube well (a well in which a stainless steel tube is bored directly down into an aquifer)

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