quake
English
/kweɪk/
noun
Definitions
- A trembling or shaking.
- An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English quaken inherited from Old English cwacian (quake, chatter, tremble, quiver) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (quiver, shake, tremble) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (shake, swing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷog-
Gloss
shake, swing
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🤝
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mars English
- Quaker English
- Quakeress English
- Quakerish English
- Quakerism English
- Quakeristic English
- Quakerization English
- Quakerize English
- Quakerly English
- Quakery English
- Venus English
- antiearthquake English
- antiquake English
- aquake English
- breech English
- buttock English
- cow English
- cowquake English
- crust English
- crustquake English
- earth English
- earthquake English
- earthquakelike English
- earthquaky English
- flesh English
- fleshquake English
- gender English
- genderquake English
- heart English
- heartquake English
- ice English
- icequake English
- marsquake English
- megaearthquake English
- megaquake English
- microearthquake English
- microquake English
- moon English
- moonquake English
- planet English
- planetquake English
- postearthquake English
- quakebreech English
- quakebuttock English
- quakeproof English
- quakesome English
- quakest English
- quaketail English
- quaketh English
- quakey English
- quakily English
- quakiness English
- quaky English
- sea English
- seaquake English
- sky English
- skyquake English
- sun English
- sunquake English
- tail English
- time English
- timequake English
- toquake English
- venusquake English
- water English
- waterquake English
- youth English
- youthquake English
- divexo Latin
- vēxō Latin
- Quäker German
- quacchero Italian
- kwakkelen Dutch, Flemish
- kwakkelweer Dutch, Flemish
- quaker French
- квакер Russian
- *gʷegs- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷog- Proto-Indo-European
- kveker Norwegian Bokmål
- quacre Portuguese
- *kwakjaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwakōną Proto-Germanic
- クエーカー Japanese
- cwacian Old English
- cweċċan Old English
- erthequake Middle English
- quaken Middle English
- quicchen Middle English
- toquaken Middle English
- bog Irish
- bogadh Irish
- kveker Serbo-Croatian
- quakero Ido
- Caocaire Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Cuaigear Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- sky
- sea
- cow
- sun
- ice
- tail
- moon
- time
- Mars
- quaky
- water
- earth
- flesh
- Venus
- heart
- youth
- crust
- aquake
- breech
- quakey
- gender
- planet
- Quaker
- toquake
- quaketh
- quakest
- Quakery
- buttock
- quakily
- sunquake
- cowquake
- skyquake
- icequake
- seaquake
- Quakerly
- quaketail
- quakesome
- quakiness
- megaquake
- timequake
- marsquake
- Quakerish
- Quakeress
- Quakerize
- moonquake
- antiquake
- Quakerism
- earthquaky
- quakeproof
- heartquake
- waterquake
- fleshquake
- earthquake
- youthquake
- crustquake
- venusquake
- microquake
- Quakeristic
- genderquake
- planetquake
- quakebreech
- quakebuttock
- Quakerization
- postearthquake
- megaearthquake
- antiearthquake
- earthquakelike
- microearthquake