An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/knistern
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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knistern, verb, ‘to crackle,’ from Middle High German *knisten, on which the noun knistunge, feminine, ‘gnashing,’ is based; an onomnatopoetic formation.