An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/zergen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry zergen. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2555037An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zergenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ zergen, verb, ‘to torment, tease, vex’; Modern High German only. It may be identical with Middle High German zęrn (and zęrgen), Old High German zęrian (see zehren); yet Dutch tergen, Anglo-Saxon tęrgan, ‘to tug, tease, worry’ (English to tarry), point to a Gothic *targian, which with Russian dergati, ‘to tear, tug,’ indicate an Aryan root dṛgh (compare träge).

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