An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/rücken

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

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

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2518821An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, R — rückenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

rücken, verb, ‘to jerk,’ from Middle High German rücken, Old High German rucchen, ‘to push along’; Gothic *rukki, masculine, ‘jolt,’ and *rukkjan, ‘to jerk,’ are wanting; compare Old Icelandic rykkja, ‘to jerk,’ and rykkr, masculine, ‘jolt,’ Anglo-Saxon roccian, ‘to jerk,’ English to rock. rücken, verb; see Ruck.