Where does “cwessen” come from?

cwessen (Middle English) comes 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.

cwessen (Middle English): Alternative form of quaschen

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of quaschen

Ancestry of “cwessen”, step by step

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