Proto-Germanic: *kwīnan-, *kwinōn-; *kwīman-
Meaning: grow old, perish
Old English: cwīnan, prt. cwān `hinschwinden, abnehmen, kränkeln'
Middle Dutch: Kil. quijnen; quenen
Dutch: kwijnen
Middle Low German: quīnen
Low German: westfäl. kwīmen `kankeln', kwīmelig `verweichlicht'
Middle High German: verquīnen st. 'dahin schwinden'
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