An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/sausen

by Friedrich Kluge

sausen, ‘to rage, bluster, buzz,’ from Middle High German sûsen (siusen), Old High German sûsôn, ‘to bluster, hum, hiss, creak, gnash’; derived from an Old Aryan root sûs (Old Slovenian sysati, ‘to whistle, bluster,’ Sanscrit root çuš, ‘to snort’). —