kjekk
Norwegian
/çɛkː/
adjective
Definitions
- fast, quick, easy
- lively
- kind, sweet, nice
- fun, funny
- brave
- attractive
Etymology
Derived from German keck (sassy, cheeky) derived from Old Norse kvikr (alive).
Origin
Old Norse
kvikr
Gloss
alive
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Keckheit German
- keck German
- kek Dutch, Flemish
- kvik Norwegian Bokmål
- kvikk Norwegian Bokmål
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- käck Swedish
- kjekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvik Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvikfé Old Norse
- kvikr Old Norse
- kæk Danish
- kvikur Icelandic
- kvikur Faroese
- quec Middle High German
- qvikker Old Swedish
- kvikk Westrobothnian
- qwegh, quik Old Danish