An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/verquisten

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

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2561349An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V — verquistenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

verquisten, verb, ‘to spend foolishly,’ Modern High German only, from Dutch kwisten, verkwisten, ‘to squander, lavish’; compare Gothic fraqistjan, ‘to destroy, annihilate’ (usqistjan, ‘to kill’). Early history obscure.