An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/plappern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2510469An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, P — plappern1891John Francis Davis

​ plappern, vb., ModHG. only, an onomatopoetic form of a lost stem, blab, which is also indicated by the equiv. MidHG. blępzen, OHG. blabbiȥôn, ‘to blab, babble’; allied to ModHG. (dial) and Du. blaffen, ‘to bark, yelp,’ Alem. plapen, E. to blab.

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