Where does “quare” come from?

quare (English) comes from English queer, from Middle Low German queer, from Old Saxon thwerh, from Proto-Germanic *þwerh, from Proto-Germanic þwerhaz, from Proto-Germanic þerh-, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

quare (English): queer, strange

Definitions

  1. queer, strange

Ancestry of “quare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishqueerWeird, odd or different; whimsical; Slightly...
2Middle Low Germanqueeroblique, off-center
3Old Saxonthwerhcontrary, against; bent, crooked
4Proto-Germanic*þwerh—
5Proto-Germanicþwerhazcross, adverse
6Proto-Germanicþerh-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þerh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þwerhaz →