An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/plötzlich

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

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2524641An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — plötzlichJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

plötzlich, adverb, ‘suddenly,’ from the equivalent late Middle High German plozlich (also earlier Modern High German plotz merely); allied to *plotz, ‘sudden blow.’ In Upper German the adverb is quite unknown.