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Proto-Germanic: *kwadjan- vb., *kwatiskōn- vb., etc.
Meaning: break in pieces, press, crush
IE etymology: IE etymology
Swedish: dial. kvadda `in Stücke schlagen, zermalmen'
Old Frisian: quetsene `Quetschung'
Middle Dutch: quetsen, quessen `wonden, kneuzen, verbrijzelen, beschadigen, benadeln'; gewond worden, breken'
Dutch: kwetsen; vlam. kwetteren `kneuzen',
Old Franconian: quezzon `allidere'
Middle Low German: quessen, quetsen `drücken, verletzen, beschädigen'
Low German: quadderen `in Stücke schlagen, zermalmen'
Middle High German: quɛtzen, quɛtschen wk. 'schlagen, prägen; stossen, zerdrücken'
German: quetschen
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *gʷedh-
Meaning: to beat, to break, to hurt
Old Indian: gandhayate `to injure, hurt'
Other Iranian: OPers gasta- `eklig, widerwärtig', NPers gast `schlecht', Pashto ɣandal `Ekel empfinden', Bal gandag `schlecht'
Old Greek: dénno-s m. `Beschimpfung, Lästerung'
Baltic: *ged- vb. intr., *ged-ē̂- vb., *pa=gad-a- c.
Germanic: *kwad-ja- vb., *kwat-isk-ō- vb., etc.
Russ. meaning: бить, разбивать, обижать
References: WP I 672 f
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Proto-Baltic: *ged- vb. intr., *ged-ē̂- vb., *pa=gad-a- c.
Meaning: die, disappear
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: gèsti (geñda, gẽdō) `zugrunde gehen, verderben, Schaden nehmen', gedḗti 'trauern, Trauer tragen', { pagada-s `Verderben' }
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 705
Root: gʷedh-
English meaning: to push, hit, harm
German meaning: `stoßen, verletzen, zerstören'
Material: Ai. gandh- `stoßen, stechen, verletzen, zerstören' (bei Grammatikern), gandhá- m. `Geruch, Duft', av. gantay- `Gestank', mpers. gand `Gestank', apers. gasta- `eklig, widerwärtig', afgh. ɣandal `Ekel empfinden', bal. gandag `schlecht'. (Zur Bedeutungsentwicklung `stoßen, stechen' > `Geruch' vgl. z. B. ahd. stinkan `riechen, stinken' gegen got. stigqan `zusammenstoßen' und gr. κνίση `Fettdampf' gegenüber aisl. hnīta `stoßen, stechen'.)

    Gr. δέννος `Beschimpfung, Schande' (*gʷendhno-); nach Kuiper Nasalpräs. 65 hierher φθόνος m. `Neid' (Präs. *φθένω aus *gʷdh-en-);

    über mhd. quetsen, quetschen `schlagen, stoßen, quetschen' s. Kluge s. v. quetschen;

    lit. gendù, gésti `Schaden nehmen, verderben, zugrunde gehen', gadinù, gadìnti `verderben, beschädigen, stören', pagadas `Verderben', lett. ǵinstu, ǵint `zugrunde gehen'.

References: WP. I 672 f., Benveniste BSL. 38, 143.
Pages: 466-467
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