An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Schwall

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Schwall
Friedrich Kluge2509879An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Schwall1891John Francis Davis

Schwall, m., ‘swell, billow, flood,’ from MidHG. swal(ll), m., ‘swollen mass’; allied to schwellen.