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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
QUAVER.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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QUAVER,
to shake, to speak or sing tremulously. (E.) In Levins; and in
Minsheu, ed. 1627. It is the frequentative form, with suffix -er,
of quave. M.E. quauen (with u = v), to
tremble; Prompt. Parv. And see P. Plowman, B. xviii. 61. It
first occurs as a various reading in St. Marharete, ed. Cockayne, p. 48, l. 3
from bottom. Allied to Low G. quabbeln, to tremble (Brem.
Wört.), Dan. dial. kveppa, to be shaken (Aasen). Also to M.E.
quappen, to palpitate, Chaucer, Troil. iii. 57, Legend of Good Women,
865. β. From a base KWAP, to throb, which is a mere variant of KWAK,
to quake; see Quake. Der.
quaver, sb., lit. a vibration, hence a
note in music. Also quiver (1), q.v.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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