An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/wimmern

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry wimmern. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2550253An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — wimmernJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ wimmern, verb, ‘to whimper,’ from Middle High German wimmer, neuter, ‘whining,’ beside which occurs an equivalent Middle High German gewammer, with a different stage of gradation; recent imitative forms.

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