Where does “quejido” come from?
quejido (Spanish) comes from Spanish quejar, from Latin quassiare, from Latin quassare, from Latin quasso, from Latin quatio, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.
quejido (Spanish): groan
Definitions
- groan
Ancestry of “quejido”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | quejar | to complain, to whine, to gripe, to grouse, to... |
| 2 | Latin | quassiare | — |
| 3 | Latin | quassare | inflection of quassō: ## present active... |
| 4 | Latin | quasso | I shake repeatedly, I quake; I wave or flourish;... |
| 5 | Latin | quatio | I shake; agitate; I wield, brandish; I move,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |