Where does “cweccan” come from?
cweccan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kwakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷog- — to shake, swing.
cweccan (Old English): to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give...
Definitions
- to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give...
Ancestry of “cweccan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | kwakjaną | to shake, shake about, jolt, swing; to shake,... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷog- | to shake, swing |
Words derived from “cweccan”