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English

Q-wave

Q-wave comes from German quer ‘lateral, crosswise’, from Old High German twërh ‘oblique’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz ‘cross, adverse’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þwerhaz‘cross, adverse’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þwerh‘transverse, crooked’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050twërh‘oblique’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350twër
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentquer‘lateral, crosswise’
  6. EnglishtodayQ-wave

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þwerhaz‘cross, adverse’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þwerh‘transverse, crooked’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050twërh‘oblique’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350twër
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentquer‘lateral, crosswise’
  6. EnglishtodayQ-wave

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- ‘to turn’

torture, queer, torch, torque, tart, torment, extortion, tort, torsion, thwart, trowel, 25 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of Love wave.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz / Q-wave

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