Where does “queisen” come from?

queisen (Middle English) comes from Old English cwȳsan — to quash, squeeze, crush dash against, bruise.

queisen (Middle English): to squeeze

Definitions

  1. to squeeze

Ancestry of “queisen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcwȳsanto quash, squeeze, crush dash against, bruise

Words derived from “queisen

Every word from Old English cwȳsan
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