An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/wimmeln

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry wimmeln. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2550252An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — wimmelnJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ wimmeln, verb, ‘to swarm, teem with,’ from late Middle High German (Middle German) wimmen, ‘to be astir, swarm.’ From the same root wem (wam) are derived the equivalent Old High German wimidôn and wimizzen (wamezzen). Old High German wiuman, ‘to swarm with,’ seems to be a reduplicated present of the same root wen (we-wm-).

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