An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/pappeln

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
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Friedrich Kluge2510371An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — pappeln1891John Francis Davis

​ pappeln, vb., ‘to babble, prate,’ ModHG. only, an onomatopoetic term (comp. Fr. babiller), but linked perhaps to the equiv. LG. babbeln, Du. babbelen (MidE. babelen, E. to babble), whence the ModHG. form may be derived by permutation.

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