kvikr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, whence also Old English cwic, Old High German quec. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).
Adjective
kvikr
- alive
Descendants
- Icelandic: kvikur
- Faroese: kvikur
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kvikk, kjekk
- Nynorsk: kvik, kvikk
- Swedish: kvick
- Danish: kvik
References
- kvikr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press