An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/quetschen

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Quetsche

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

quetschen

quicken

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry quetschen.

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2524251An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q — quetschenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

quetschen, verb, ‘to crash, squeeze,’ from the equivalent Middle High German quętzen (even yet dialectic quetzen), quętschen; akin to Middle Low German quattern, quettern (Dutch kwetsen, borrowed from High German?).