An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/kritteln

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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 Kluge2511969An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — kritteln1891John Francis Davis

kritteln, vb., ‘to find fault, carp,’ ModHG. simply from a popular term, gritteln, ‘to wrangle’ (wanting in MidHG. and OHG.), with an allusion to Kritik, &c.