Where does “-queste” come from?

-queste (Middle English) comes from Old English cwiss, from Proto-Germanic kwissiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét- — resin, gum.

-queste (Middle English): saying, utterance, testament, will, legacy

Definitions

  1. saying, utterance, testament, will, legacy

Ancestry of “-queste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcwissa derivative of {{m|ang|cweþan||to say}}; saying
2Proto-Germanickwissizspeech, saying
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷét-resin, gum

Words derived from “-queste”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷét- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwissiz →Every word from Old English cwiss →