Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo please, to satisfy.
From Middle English quemen (“to please”), from Old English cwēman (“to gratify, satisfy, please”) (compare cwēme (“pleasant, agreeable, acceptable”) and cwēmnes (“pleasure, satisfaction, mitigation”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāmijan, from Proto-Germanic *kwēmijaną (“to please, be convenient, suit”), from *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, come”). Compare obsolete Swedish kväma, Danish kvemme. Related to Old English cuman (“to come”), English come. Compare also quim.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionquemenenm
- Inherited-form mentioncwēmanang · to gratify, satisfy, please
- Inherited-form mention*kwāmijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*kwēmijanągem-pro · to please, be convenient, suit
- Derivation mention*gʷem-ine-pro · to go, come
- Cognate mentionkvämasv
- Cognate mentionkvemmeda
- Cognate mentioncumanang · to come
- Cognate mentioncomeen
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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