Where does “quetschen” come from?

quetschen (German) comes from Middle High German quetzen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

quetschen (German): to squeeze, to squish

Definitions

  1. to squeeze, to squish

Ancestry of “quetschen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanquetzen—
2Old Frenchquasserto break; to annul; to quash
3Latinquassōto shake repeatedly, to quake
4Latin-tōForms here
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “quetschen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →