An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/verwittern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V (1891)
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Friedrich Kluge2507813An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — verwittern1891John Francis Davis

​ verwittern, vb., ‘to decompose, decay,’ ModHG. only. Allied to E. ‘to wither,’ from MidE. widren, ‘to wither, vanish’; also primitively to Lith. výstu (výsti), ‘to wither,’ pavaitínti, ‘to cause to wither.’

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