An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/verwittern

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

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2522959An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — verwitternJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

verwittern, verb, ‘to decompose, decay,’ Modern High German only. Allied to English ‘to wither,’ from Middle English widren, ‘to wither, vanish’; also primitively to Lithuanian výstu (výsti), ‘to wither,’ pavaitínti, ‘to cause to wither.’