An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Kribskrabs

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Kribskrabs
Friedrich Kluge2511959An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — Kribskrabs1891John Francis Davis

Kribskrabs, Kribbelkrabbel, m., ModHG., an onomatopoetic term for ‘utter confusion’; comp. ModDu. kribbelen, ‘to scrawl’?.