An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/klatsch

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
klatsch
Friedrich Kluge2511775An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — klatsch1891John Francis Davis

klatsch, ‘clap,’ onomat. interj., ModHG. simply; allied to onomat. cognates for ‘to resound’; comp. Du. kletsen, ‘to crack a whip,’ E. to clash.