Etymology

grundsow

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Today it means: A groundhog, a woodchuck. Full definition →

Pennsylvania German Grundsow ← English groundhog
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  1. English · derived fromgroundhog
  2. Pennsylvania German · borrowed fromGrundsow
  3. English todaygrundsow

Borrowed from Pennsylvania German Grundsow/Grundsau (literally “ground sow”) which is itself a calque of English groundhog.

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