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Where does “unquench” come from?

unquench (English) comes from English quench, from Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwankijan, from Proto-Germanic kwankijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

unquench (English): To reverse the effects of a previous quenching...

Definitions

  1. To reverse the effects of a previous quenching...

Ancestry of “unquench”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquenchTo satisfy, especially an actual or figurative...
2Middle EnglishquenchenTo quench; To spray or douse with water or...
3Old Englishcwenċan—
4Proto-West Germanic*kwankijan—
5Proto-Germanickwankijanąto cause to go out, extinguish
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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