An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zausen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2508712An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zausen1891John Francis Davis

​ zausen, vb., ‘to tease (wool, &c.), tug, pull about,’ from MidHG. and OHG. erzûsen, OHG. zirzûsôn, wk. vb.; comp. MidHG. zûsach, ‘brambles.’ Apart from HG. the Teut. root tū̆s (Aryan dū̆s), ‘to tear to pieces,’ does not occur; the comparison with Lat. dûmus (from *dū̆smus?), ‘bramble,’ is uncertain.

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