> I do not have a detailed definition, but I am betting schnapps
> originated in Germany. I believe it's German, or from a German root,
> meaning a "mouth full."
>
> American schnapps is a liqueur that is low in proof and high in
> sugar. European Schnapps is a liqueur that is high in proof and low
> in sugar.
Not bad, Kent, not bad ! The word "Schnapps" (though itīs spelled `Schnapsī in
German) has its ethymological roots in "schnappen" (to snap), "schlucken" (to
swallow) and "Schluck" (quencher, if my dictionary doesnīt fool me).