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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/quaken

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
quaken
Friedrich Kluge2508050An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q — quaken1891John Francis Davis

quaken, vb., ‘to quack, croak,’ ModHG. only, orig. a LG. word; comp. Du. kwaken, ‘to croak,’ to which kwakken, ‘to make a noise,’ is allied, E. to quack. A late onomatopoetic term.