An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schnippig

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Schnippchen

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 schnippig.

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2695848An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schnippigJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

schnippig, adjective, ‘snappish,’ Modern High German only, formed from Dutch snebbig, ‘flippant,’ which is connected with sneb, ‘beak’; allied also to Middle English snibbin, ‘to blame’?.