Quacksalber

Mane (Îngilîzî)

quack, quacksalver (unqualified healer or incompetent doctor; male or unspecified sex)

Hevwate

Scharlatan

Kurpfuscher

Marktschreier

Wunderheiler

Zahnklempner

Arzt

🧑‍⚕️

scharlatan

Gaukler

Schwindler

Werger

charlatan

quack

kwakzalver

charlatan

bedrieger

ciarlatano

charlatán

charlatão

matasanos

quacksalver

curandero

charlatan

şarlatan

αγύρτης

κομπογιαννίτης

Zarava

Basel-Landschaft (de)

gitterlidoggter

Basel-Landschaft (de)

gitterlischwängger

Agahiyên ji hêla: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈkvakˌzalbər/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji holendî hatiye wergirtin: kwakzalver

In summary

16th century, from Dutch kwakzalver, derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven (unsure whether verb or noun). Further origin disputed, though the second component is definitely Dutch zalf (“salve”).