An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schnüffeln

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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 schnüffeln.

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2695857An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schnüffelnJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

schnüffeln, verb, ‘to sniff, smell,’ Modern High German only, formed from Low German and Dutch snuffelen, ‘to smell,’ allied to Dutch snuf, ‘scenting’; compare English to snuff, sniff, to snivel (also the substantive snivel, Anglo-Saxon snofl); see the following word.