An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/bammeln
bammeln, also bambeln, verb, ‘to dangle,’ first recorded in Modern High German, hence it may be an onomatopoetic word collateral with bimmeln, bemmeln, ‘to tinkle.’
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bammeln, also bambeln, verb, ‘to dangle,’ first recorded in Modern High German, hence it may be an onomatopoetic word collateral with bimmeln, bemmeln, ‘to tinkle.’