cweccan

From Proto-West Germanic *kwakkjan, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kwakjaną (“to shake, shake about, jolt, swing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake, swing”). Cognate with Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, quiver, chatter”). More at quake.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwet.t͡ʃɑn/

cweċċan

1. (transitive) to shake, swing, move, vibrate; shake off, give up
2. (of a weapon) to brandish

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• cweċċan hēafod (“shake (one's) head”)

• Middle English: quecchen
  • English: quetch