Etymology

klapper

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Today it means: The Natal orange. (Strychnos spinosa) Full definition →

German Klapper ← Middle High German klapper ← Middle Low German klapperen
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klapper · noun1

Possibly from Malay kelapa (coconut) or Afrikaans klapper (rattle).

Klapper · proper noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic*klappaz
  2. Proto-Germanic*klappōną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*klappōn
  4. Old Saxon*klappōn
  5. Middle Low Germanklappen
  6. Germanklappen
  7. Middle Low Germanklappen
  8. Middle Low Germanklapperen
  9. Middle High Germanklapper
  10. GermanKlapper
  11. English todayKlapper

Borrowed from German Klapper. Compare Klopfer.

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