Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwikwǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *kwikwō (strong declension)

Etymology

From *kwikwaz.

Noun

*kwikwǭ f

1. a type of grass, similar to wheat; couch grass

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *kwikwǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kwikwǭ	*kwikwōniz
vocative	*kwikwǭ	*kwikwōniz
accusative	*kwikwōnų	*kwikwōnunz
genitive	*kwikwōniz	*kwikwōnǫ̂
dative	*kwikwōni	*kwikwōmaz
instrumental	*kwikwōnē	*kwikwōmiz

Related terms

• *kwikwą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kwikwā, *kwikkwā
  • Old English: cwice
    • Middle English: quike, quyke, quich
      • English: quitch, couch
        • ⇒ English: quitchgrass, couch grass
      • ⇒ English: quickgrass, quackgrass
      • ⇒ Early Scots: quickens
        • Scots: quickene, quicken
  • Old Frisian: *kwike
    • Saterland Frisian: Kwíeke
    • West Frisian: kwiik
  • Old Saxon: *kwika, *kweka, *kwekka
    • Middle Low German: quecke, queyke, quēke, quēken
      • German Low German: Queek
  • Old Dutch: *kwika, *kweka, *kwekka
    • Middle Dutch: queke, quecke, queken
      • Dutch: kweek, kwekwe (dialectal), kwèkken (dialectal)
        • → West Frisian: kweek
  • Old High German: kwekka, quecka
    • Middle High German: quecke
      • German: Quecke
• Old Norse: *kvikva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvika
  • Swedish: kvicka, kvika (dial.), kveka (dial.), kvekka (dial.), kvegga (dial.), kveke (dial.), kvekke (dial.), kvek (dial.)
    • ⇒ Swedish: kvickrot
  • Old Danish: kvik
    • ⇒ Danish: kvikgræs