An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/knistern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry knistern. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2519400An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — knisternJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ knistern, verb, ‘to crackle,’ from Middle High German *knisten, on which the noun knistunge, feminine, ‘gnashing,’ is based; an onomnatopoetic formation.

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