An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/schmunzeln

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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 Kluge2509749An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schmunzeln1891John Francis Davis

​ schmunzeln, vb., ‘to smile good-naturedly, simper,’ frequentative of MidHG. smutzen, smotzen, ‘to smirk, smile good-naturedly,’ to which MidHG. smutz, ModHG. (dial.) Schmutz, ‘kiss,’ is also probably allied. It is perhaps connected with Schmatz, schmatzen (from MidHG. smackezen).

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