quaking

quaking · noun¹

1. Old English · inherited fromcwacung“quaking, trembling”
2. Middle English · inherited fromquakinge
3. English todayquaking

From Middle English quakinge, quakyng, from Old English cwacung (“quaking, trembling”), equivalent to quake + -ing.

quaking · adjective, verb²

1. Old English · derived fromcwacian“to quake, tremble”
2. Old English · inherited fromcwaciende“quaking”
3. Middle English · inherited fromquakynge
4. English todayquaking

From Middle English quakynge, quakand, from Old English cwaciende (“quaking”), present participle of Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble”); equivalent to quake + -ing.

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