erthequake

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === erþequake, erþe quaque erthe qwake (Late Middle English) erd-quake (Northumbrian); eorþe-quake (West Midland) === Etymology === From erthe (“earth”) +‎ quaken (“to shake”). Forms with /d/ are influenced by erd (“homeland, earth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeːrð(ə)ˌkwaːk(ə)/, /ˈɛːrð(ə)ˌkwaːk(ə)/, /ˈɛrð(ə)ˌkwaːk(ə)/ === Noun === erthequake (plural erthequakes) An earthquake (shaking of the ground) Synonyms: erthe dyne, erthe schakynge, (chiefly East Anglia) erthe quave ==== Descendants ==== English: earthquake → Scots: earthquake Middle Scots: erdquake >? Scots: yirdquauk ==== References ==== “ē̆rd, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “ē̆rthe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.