| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry knirschen. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
knirschen, verb, ‘to gnash,’ Middle High German *knirsen, may be inferred from knirsunge, feminine, ‘gnashing,’ and zerknürsen, ‘to crush, squash’; for sch from s after r compare Hirsch and Arsch; compare Modern Dutch knarsen, knersen, ‘to gnash, crash,’ knarsetanden, ‘to gnash with the teeth.’