An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/schmettern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
schmettern
Friedrich Kluge2509735An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schmettern1891John Francis Davis

schmettern, vb., ‘to hurl, smash, bray (of trumpets), peal (of thunder),’ MidHG. smetern, ‘to clatter,’ an onomatopoetic word.