An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schmitzen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry schmitzen. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2556097An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schmitzenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ schmitzen, verb, ‘to lash, whip,’ from Middle High German smitzen, ‘to beat with rods, scourge, besmear.’ To this is allied Modern High German verschmitzt ‘wily, cunning,’ literally ‘beaten away.’

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