An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/torkeln

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry torkeln. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2613814An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, T — torkelnJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ torkeln, verb, ‘to reel, stagger,’ from the equivalent Middle High German torkeln; intensive of Middle High German turc (k), masculine, ‘reeling, downfall.’ Early history obscure.

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