kæk
Danish
/kɛk/
adj
Definitions
- brave, bold
- spirited
- cheerful
Etymology
Derived from German keck (sassy, cheeky) derived from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (alive, living, quick, active).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kwikwaz
Gloss
alive, living, quick, active
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Keckheit German
- keck German
- kek Dutch, Flemish
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- kjekk Norwegian Bokmål
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- käck Swedish
- kjekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- cwic Old English
- cwice Old English
- kvikr Old Norse
- quec Middle High German
- *kwik(k)w gmw-pro
- *kwik Old Dutch
- quik Middle Low German
- qwikfæ Old Danish