English
querken
Querken comes from Middle English querkenen.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500querkenen
- Englishtodayquerken
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500querkenen
- Englishtodayquerken
Formed from querk + -en
Proto-Indo-European *gʷergʷ-
Proto-Germanic *kwerkō ‘gullet, throat’
Proto-Germanic *kwirkijaną ‘to throttle, choke, strangle’
Old Norse kvirkja ‘to strangle’
Middle English querken
English querk
Every English word from Middle English querkenen
Today it means
verb To querk.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English querkenen / querken