*kwikwą

Runic: ᚲᚹᛁᚲᚹᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈkwi.kwɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

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

Etymology

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

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.kwikwąkwikwō
Acc.kwikwąkwikwō
Gen.kwikwas, kwikwiskwikwǫ̂
Dat.kwikwaikwikwamaz
Inst.kwikwōkwikwamiz
Voc.kwikwąkwikwō

Find a form

Descendants

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

Explore/search these descendants

View on Wiktionary