An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/zwitschern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
zwitschern
Friedrich Kluge2506050An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zwitschern1891John Francis Davis

zwitschern, vb., ‘to twitter, chirp, warble,’ from the equiv. MidHG. zwitzern, OHG. zwizzirôn; comp. MidE. twiteren, E. twitter (Dan. qviddre). An onomatopoetic form.