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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/sickern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
sickern
Friedrich Kluge2510006An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — sickern1891John Francis Davis

sickern, vb., ‘to trickle, drop,’ ModHG. only, from LG.?. Comp. AS. sicerian, ‘to trickle, ooze’; allied to seichen and sinken (Teut. root sī̆k, sī̆h, from Aryan sig, sik).