An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/quabbeln

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

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2524658An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q — quabbelnJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

quabbeln, verb, ‘to shake or tremble’ (of fat and jelly), Modern High German only, originally a Low German word, which is usually derived from Low German quabbel (Dutch kwabbe), ‘dewlap.’