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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/plaudern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
plaudern
Friedrich Kluge2510477An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — plaudern1891John Francis Davis

plaudern, vb., ‘to chatter, chat,’ from late MidHG. plûdern, a variant of blâderen, blôdern, ‘to rustle, roar’; a recent form in imitation of sound, like Lat. blaterare, ‘to babble’