quitch
English
/kwɪtʃ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To shake (something); to stir, move.
- (intransitive) To stir; to move.
- (intransitive) To flinch; shrink.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English quicchen inherited from Old English cweċċan (give up, vibrate, shake, shake off, move, swing) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwakjaną (swing, shake, shake about, jolt) inherited 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
- grass English
- quitchgrass English
- kweek Dutch, Flemish
- viskweek Dutch, Flemish
- *gʷegs- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷog- Proto-Indo-European
- *kwakjaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwakōną Proto-Germanic
- cwacian Old English
- cweccan Old English
- cweċċan Old English
- quaken Middle English
- quicchen Middle English
- qweken Middle Dutch