An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/schlottern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
schlottern
Friedrich Kluge2509701An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schlottern1891John Francis Davis

schlottern, vb., ‘to shake, hang loose, dangle,’ from the equiv. MidHG. slottern, intensive of MidHG. sloten, ‘to quiver.’ Comp. Du. slodderen, ‘to shake’; of obscure origin.