An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/vernichten

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
vernichten
Friedrich Kluge2507780An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — vernichten1891John Francis Davis

vernichten, vb. ‘to annihilate, annul,’ from MidHG. vernihten, ‘to annihilate, think lightly of’; allied to nicht. —