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

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)
      - Afrikaans: kweek
      - → 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