Where does “quitch” come from?

quitch (English) comes from Middle English quicchen, from Old English cweċċan, from Proto-Germanic kwakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷog- — to shake, swing.

quitch (English): To shake (something); to stir, move

Definitions

  1. To shake (something); to stir, move

Ancestry of “quitch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishquicchen—
2Old Englishcweċċanto shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give...
3Proto-Germanickwakjanąto shake, shake about, jolt, swing; to shake,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷog-to shake, swing

Words derived from “quitch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷog- →