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English word queer comes from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ-, and later Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz (Cross, adverse.)
*terkʷ- (Proto-Indo-European)
to turn
*þwerhaz (Proto-Germanic)
Cross, adverse.
thwerh (Old Saxon)
Bent, crooked. Contrary, against.
queer (Middle Low German)
queer (English)
(UK, dialect, dated) To puzzle.. (slang, dated) To ridicule; to banter; to rally.. (slang, dated) To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.. (social science) To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.. (transitive) To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null. [...]