An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/verquisten

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, V
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry verquisten. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
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.

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