An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/schäkern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
schäkern
Friedrich Kluge2509542An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schäkern1891John Francis Davis

schäkern, vb., ‘to jest, joke, play,’ late ModHG. (last cent.), from Jew.-Hebr. scheker, ‘lie.’