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Where does “schnaps” come from?
schnaps (French) comes from German Schnaps, from Low German Snapps.
schnaps
(French): schnapps
Definitions
schnapps
Ancestry of “schnaps”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
German
Schnaps
spirit, booze, hard liquor
2
Low German
Snapps
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