An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schnupfen

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schnüffeln

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

Schnupfen

Schnuppe

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry Schnupfen.

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2695858An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchnupfenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schnupfen, masculine, ‘cold (in the head), rheum,’ from the equivalent Middle High German snū̆pfe, masculine and feminine. The Teutonic root snū̆pp contained in these words, with which Schnuppe and Old Icelandic snoppa, feminine, ‘snout,’ are connected, is identical with the Teutonic root snuf (snū̆b) in schnauben and schnüffeln. It may be also allied to the Aryan roots snū̆p and snū̆t (in schneuzen).