Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwikwą

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwik.wɑ̃/

Noun

*kwikwą n

1. living creature; animal
2. livestock; sheep; cattle

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *kwikwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kwikwą	*kwikwō
vocative	*kwikwą	*kwikwō
accusative	*kwikwą	*kwikwō
genitive	*kwikwas, *kwikwis	*kwikwǫ̂
dative	*kwikwai	*kwikwamaz
instrumental	*kwikwō	*kwikwamiz

Related terms

• *kwikwandiją
• *kwikwaz
• *kwikwǭ

Descendants

• Old Frisian: quik, quek
  • North Frisian: quick
• Old Saxon: *quik
  • Middle Low German: quik, quek (in compounds)
• Old Dutch: *quic, *quicc
  • Middle Dutch: quic, quec
    • Dutch: kwik
• Old High German: *quic, *quec
  • Middle High German: quec, kec, koc