An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schlottern

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

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2696196An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schlotternJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

schlottern, verb, ‘to shake, hang loose, dangle,’ from the equivalent Middle High German slottern, intensive of Middle High German sloten, ‘to quiver.’ Compare Dutch slodderen, ‘to shake’; of obscure origin.