An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schmuggeln

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

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

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2633084An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schmuggelnJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

schmuggeln, verb, ‘to smuggle,’ Modern High German only, formed from the equivalent Low German smuggeln; compare Dutch smokkeln, English to smuggle (borrowed from the same source?). The originally word is connected with the root smug, ‘to wind,’ to which the secondary sense of ‘secrecy’ may belong; compare Dutch smuigen, ‘to enjoy oneself secretly.’