An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/quaken

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2524661An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q — quakenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

quaken, verb, ‘to quack, croak,’ Modern High German only, originally a Low German word; compare Dutch kwaken, ‘to croak,’ to which kwakken, ‘to make a noise,’ is allied, English to quack. A late onomatopoetic term.