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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zappeln

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
zappeln
Friedrich Kluge2508702An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zappeln1891John Francis Davis

zappeln, vb., ‘to move convulsively, sprawl, flounder,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zappeln. a variant of zabeln, OHG. zabalôn (zappalôn?), ‘to sprawl.’ A specifically HG., probably of recent onomatopoetic origin.