Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwiku
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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
[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-”