An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/pissen

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

pissen

placken

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

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2633035An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — pissenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

pissen, verb, first occurs in early Modern High German from the similarly sounding Low German and Dutch verb; allied to the equivalent English to piss, French pisser (Italian pisciare), The origin of this now widely diffused term cannot be easily determined.