An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zupfen

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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 Kluge2508799An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zupfen1891John Francis Davis

​ zupfen, vb., ‘to pull, pluck,’ ModHG. only, earlier ModHG. zopfen; denominative from Zopf; hence zupfen means lit. ‘to drag by the hair’?.

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