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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/wimmern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
wimmern
Friedrich Kluge2508584An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, W — wimmern1891John Francis Davis

wimmern, vb., ‘to whimper,’ from MidHG. wimmer, n., ‘whining,’ beside which occurs an equiv. MidHG. gewammer, with a different stage of gradation; recent imitative forms.