Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwiku
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz.
Adjective[edit]
*kwiku[1]
Inflection[edit]
wa-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *kwiku | ||
Genitive | *kwikwas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *kwiku | *kwiku | *kwiku |
Accusative | *kwikwanā | *kwikwā | *kwiku |
Genitive | *kwikwas | *kwikweʀā | *kwikwas |
Dative | *kwikumē | *kwikweʀē | *kwikumē |
Instrumental | *kwiku | *kwikweʀu | *kwiku |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *kwikwē | *kwikwō | *kwiku |
Accusative | *kwikwā | *kwikwā | *kwiku |
Genitive | *kwikweʀō | *kwikweʀō | *kwikweʀō |
Dative | *kwikwēm, *kwikum | *kwikwēm, *kwikum | *kwikwēm, *kwikum |
Instrumental | *kwikwēm, *kwikum | *kwikwēm, *kwikum | *kwikwēm, *kwikum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: cwic, cuc, cucu, cwicu, cwuc, cwucu
- Old Frisian: quik
- 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)
- Middle Low German: *quik (in derivatives and compounds: e.g. quikpenninc, quikstērt, quiksilver)
- Old Dutch: quic
- Old High German: quic, quec, chëch
References[edit]
- ^ 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-”