quitch

quitch · verb¹

1. Old English · inherited fromcweċċan“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”
2. Middle English · inherited fromquicchen
3. English todayquitch

From Middle English quicchen, quytchen, quecchen, from Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”). Related to Old English cwacian (“to quake”). More at quake.

quitch · noun²

1. Old Englishcwice
2. Middle Englishquike /quyke
3. Middle Englishquich
4. English todayquitch

From Middle English quich, a palatalized variant of quike, quyke, from Old English cwice, from Proto-West Germanic *kwikwā, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwǭ. Cognate with Dutch kweek, German Low German Queek, German Quecke.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 8th–13th c. To shake (something); to stir, move.
• from 13th c. To stir; to move.