kvikur
Faroese
adj
Definitions
- swift, rapid, quick
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse kvikr (alive) derived from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (alive, living, quick, active) derived 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
- keck German
- *gʷeih₃w- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- kvik Norwegian Bokmål
- kvikk Norwegian Bokmål
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- *kwiwaz Proto-Germanic
- kvick Swedish
- kvicksand Swedish
- kvik Norwegian Nynorsk
- cwic Old English
- cwice Old English
- kvikfé Old Norse
- kvikr Old Norse
- *živъ Proto-Slavic
- kvikur Icelandic
- *kwik(k)w gmw-pro
- *kwik Old Dutch
- *biwos Proto-Celtic
- *biwotūts Proto-Celtic
- quik Middle Low German
- *ǰiHwás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- qvikker Old Swedish
- kvikk Westrobothnian
- *gʷīwos Proto-Italic
- *gīˀwas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gīˀwás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- 𐎪𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- qwegh, quik Old Danish
- qwikfæ Old Danish
- *gīˀwás bat-pro