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Where does “cwacian” come from?

cwacian (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kwakōną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷog- — to shake, swing.

cwacian (Old English): to quake

Definitions

  1. to quake

Ancestry of “cwacian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickwakōnąto shake, quiver, tremble; to croak
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷog-to shake, swing

Words derived from “cwacian”

  • Quaker
  • quake
  • quaking
  • Quakerism
  • Quakeress
  • Quakerish
  • Quakerly
  • seaquake
  • quaky
  • youthquake
  • quaketh
  • quakingly
  • timequake
  • heartquake
  • aquake
  • quakest
  • genderquake
  • quakeproof
  • sunquake
  • quakey
  • icequake
  • waterquake
  • antiquake
  • quaketail
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