An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Quacksalber

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Quacksalber

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2524659An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q — QuacksalberJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Quacksalber, masculine, ‘quack’; Modern High German only; originally a Low German word; corresponding to English quack, Dutch kwakzalver, a compound of zalf, ‘salve’ (compare Old High German salbâni, ‘seller of ointment, physician’). The first part of the compound seems to come from the verb quaken (which see), ‘to boast’; hence Quacksalber, ‘boasting physician’?.