Where does “quetzen” come from?

quetzen (Middle High German) 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.

Ancestry of “quetzen”, 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

Words derived from “quetzen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō
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