An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/krächzen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2511914An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — krächzen1891John Francis Davis

​ krächzen, vb., ‘to croak,’ ModHG. only, a deriv. of krachen; in MidHG. krochzen, OHG. chrocchezan, ‘to croak,’ which is related by gradation to the stem of krachen. From AS. cracian, cracettan was formed, like ModHG. krächzen, from krachen.

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