Jump to content

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/purzeln

From Wikisource
An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
purzeln
Friedrich Kluge2510542An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — purzeln1891John Francis Davis

purzeln, vb., ‘to tumble head over heels’ Alem. bürzle seems to suggest that this word is connected with Bürzel.