kwikzilver
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈkʋɪkˌzɪl.vər/
noun
Definitions
- (literary) mercury
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch quicsilver derived from Latin argentum vivum compound from Dutch, Flemish kwik (quick) + Dutch, Flemish zilver (silver).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
zilver
Gloss
silver
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
銀, 銀
Emoji
🥈 ⚖️ ⚙️ ⛓️ 🔗 🔧 🥈 🪙
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- quick English
- quicksilver English
- quicksilverish English
- quicksilvery English
- silver English
- argentum vivum Latin
- bladzilver Dutch, Flemish
- kwik Dutch, Flemish
- kwikzand Dutch, Flemish
- tafelzilver Dutch, Flemish
- zilver Dutch, Flemish
- zilveren Dutch, Flemish
- zilvererts Dutch, Flemish
- zilvergeld Dutch, Flemish
- zilverkleur Dutch, Flemish
- zilverkleurig Dutch, Flemish
- zilverling Dutch, Flemish
- zilvermeeuw Dutch, Flemish
- zilvermijn Dutch, Flemish
- zilverreiger Dutch, Flemish
- zilversmid Dutch, Flemish
- zilverstuk Dutch, Flemish
- zilvervloot Dutch, Flemish
- zilvervos Dutch, Flemish
- zilverwerk Dutch, Flemish
- quyk silver Middle English
- quicsilver Middle Dutch
- silver Middle Dutch
- kwik Afrikaans
- silwer Afrikaans
- *silvar Old Dutch
- kwik Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish