An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/schlürfen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2509709An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schlürfen1891John Francis Davis

​ schlürfen, vb., ‘to sip, lap, drink,’ ModHG. only; probably, however, its non-occurrence in earlier HG. is only an accident (MidHG. *slürfen, OHG. *slurfen); according to the HG. permutation Du. slurpen, ‘to sip,’ is allied. The stem is not found elsewhere; its origin is obscure.

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