Where does “cweċċan” come from?

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

cweċċan (Old English): to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give...

Definitions

  1. to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give...

Ancestry of “cweċċan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickwakjanąto shake, shake about, jolt, swing; to shake,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷog-to shake, swing

Words derived from “cweċċan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷog- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwakjaną →