An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schnalzen

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

schnalzen

schnappen

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

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2528426An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schnalzenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

schnalzen, verb ‘to smack, snap, crack,’ from Middle High German snalzen, intensive of snallen, ‘to move with a noise peculiar to the rapid movement of the fingers or the tongue’; allied to Schnalle.