An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/knistern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2511843An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — knistern1891John Francis Davis

​ knistern, vb., ‘to crackle,’ from MidHG. *knisten, on which the noun knistunge, f., ‘gnashing,’ is based; an onomnatopoetic formation.

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