schnarchen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German snarchen. Cognate with Middle English snun-ten (“to snore”), Old English *snorian, Dutch snorken (“to snore, chatter, boast”), English snort, Lithuanian snarglýs (“snot”).[1] From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *snarkōną.
Pronunciation
Verb
- to snore
Conjugation
Related terms
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schnarchen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
- “schnarchen” in Duden online