An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/sausen

by Friedrich Kluge

sausen, ‘to rage, bluster, buzz,’ from MidHG. sûsen (siusen), OHG. sûsôn, ‘to bluster, hum, hiss, creak, gnash’; derived from an OAryan root sûs (OSlov. sysati, ‘to whistle, bluster,’ Sans. root çuš, ‘to snort’). —