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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/knarren

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
knarren
Friedrich Kluge2511826An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — knarren1891John Francis Davis

knarren, vb., ‘to creak,’ from MidHG. knarren, gnarren, ‘to creak, snarl’; a recent onomatopoetic term like knirren and knurren.