kwiek
Dutch (Brabantic)
/kʋik/
adj
Definitions
- lively, quick
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *kwik inherited 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
- Keckheit German
- keck German
- kek Dutch, Flemish
- *gʷeih₃w- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- kjekk Norwegian Bokmål
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- *kwiwaz Proto-Germanic
- käck Swedish
- kjekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- cwic Old English
- cwice Old English
- kvikr Old Norse
- kæk Danish
- *živъ Proto-Slavic
- quec Middle High German
- *kwik(k)w gmw-pro
- *kwik Old Dutch
- *biwos Proto-Celtic
- *biwotūts Proto-Celtic
- quik Middle Low German
- *ǰiHwás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *gʷīwos Proto-Italic
- *gīˀwas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gīˀwás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- 𐎪𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- qwikfæ Old Danish
- *gīˀwás bat-pro