Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A trembling or shaking. · An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force. · Something devastating, like a strong earthquake.
To tremble or shake. · To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble.
From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), itself likely of imitative origin. Related to Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin vexō (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionquakenenm
- Inherited-form mentioncwacianang · to quake, tremble, chatter
- Inherited-form mention*kwakōnągem-pro · to shake, quiver, tremble
- Cognate mentioncweċċanang · to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up
- Cognate mentionkwakkelennl · to ail, be ailing
- Cognate mentionQuackeleide · chattering
- Cognate mentionkvakleda · to bungle
- Cognate mentionvexōla · toss, shake violently, jostle, vex
- Cognate mentionbogadhga · a move, movement, shift, change
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