Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwik(k)w

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz.

Adjective

*kwik(k)w[1]

alive
lively, quick

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: cwic, cuc, cucu, cwicu, cwuc, cwucu
- Middle English: quyk, quic, quicke, quik, quike, quikke, quycke, quyke, quykke, qwicke, qwik, qwyck, qwyk, qwyke; cwic, cwich, cwick, cwuc; qwhyke, weke, whik, whike, whikk, whyk, whyke, whykke
  - English: quick (dialectal wick)
    - → Ido: quik
  - Scots: quick, queek
Old Frisian: quik
- North Frisian: quick, queck
- Saterland Frisian: kwik
- West Frisian: kwik, kwyk
Old Saxon: quik
- Middle Low German: *quik (in derivatives and compounds: e.g. quikpenninc, quikstērt, quiksilver)
  - German Low German: quick
  - → German: quick (chiefly in quicklebendig)
Old Dutch: quic
- Middle Dutch: quic
  - Dutch: kwik, kwiek
Old High German: quic, quec, chëch
- Middle High German: quëc, këc
  - German: keck; (qu- in Quecksilber, erquicken)
    - → Danish: kæk
    - → Dutch: kek
    - → Norwegian: kjekk
    - → Swedish: käck

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48: “PWGmc *kwi/eku, *kwi/ek(k)wa-”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48: “PWGmc *kwi/eku, *kwi/ek(k)wa-”