kvæg
Danish
[ˈkʰʋ̥ɛˀj]
noun
Definitions
- (collective) cattle
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish qwegh, quik (lively, alive) inherited from Old Norse kvikr (alive) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (alive, living, quick, active) inherited from Old Danish qwikfæ inherited from Old Norse kvikfé.
Origin
Old Norse
kvikfé
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- overquick English
- quick English
- quick bread English
- quick-freeze English
- quick-sighted English
- quick-witted English
- quickbeam English
- quickdraw English
- quicken English
- quickhatch English
- quickie English
- quickish English
- quicklike English
- quicklime English
- quickly English
- quickness English
- quickplay English
- quicksand English
- quicksave English
- quickscope English
- quickselect English
- quicksighted English
- quicksilver English
- quicksmart English
- quicksome English
- quicksort English
- quickstart English
- quickstep English
- quickwater English
- quickwitted English
- quickwork English
- quicky English
- superquick English
- ultraquick English
- unquick English
- keck German
- quick German
- quicklebendig German
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *peḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- kveg Norwegian Bokmål
- kvik Norwegian Bokmål
- kvikk Norwegian Bokmål
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- kveg Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvik Norwegian Nynorsk
- cwic Old English
- cwice Old English
- quik Middle English
- fé Old Norse
- kvikfé Old Norse
- kvikr Old Norse
- bestand Danish
- kvægbestand Danish
- kvikur Icelandic
- quik Ido
- kvikur Faroese
- *kwik(k)w gmw-pro
- *kwik Old Dutch
- quick Middle Low German
- quik Middle Low German
- qvikker Old Swedish
- kvikk Westrobothnian
- kwik Tok Pisin
- qwegh, quik Old Danish
- qwikfæ Old Danish