quik
Middle English
/kwiːk/
adj
Definitions
- living, alive, active
- active, alert
- vibrant, powerful, forceful, effective, apparent
- keen, perceptive
- fast, speedy, quick
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cwic (alive) inherited from *kwik(k)w inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (alive, living, quick, active) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷih₃wós
Gloss
alive
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
- *gʷeih₃w- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- *kwiwaz Proto-Germanic
- cwecesand Old English
- cwic Old English
- cwicbeam Old English
- cwice Old English
- cwician Old English
- cwicseolfor Old English
- cwictreow Old English
- edcwic Old English
- healfcwic Old English
- samcwic Old English
- quyk silver Middle English
- quyksande Middle English
- sand Middle English
- silver Middle English
- kvikr Old Norse
- *živъ Proto-Slavic
- quec Old High German
- quik Ido
- *kwik(k)w gmw-pro
- *kwik Old Dutch
- *biwos Proto-Celtic
- *biwotūts Proto-Celtic
- quik Middle Low German
- *ǰiHwás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- quik Old Saxon
- *gʷīwos Proto-Italic
- quik Old Frisian
- kwik Tok Pisin
- *gīˀwas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gīˀwás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- 𐎪𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- qwikfæ Old Danish
- *gīˀwás bat-pro