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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwikwą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwik.wɑ̃/
Noun
*kwikwą n
- living creature; animal
- livestock; sheep; cattle
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *kwikwą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kwikwą | *kwikwō | |
vocative | *kwikwą | *kwikwō | |
accusative | *kwikwą | *kwikwō | |
genitive | *kwikwas, *kwikwis | *kwikwǫ̂ | |
dative | *kwikwai | *kwikwamaz | |
instrumental | *kwikwō | *kwikwamiz |
Related terms
- *kwikwandiją
- *kwikwaz
Descendants
- Old Frisian: quik, quek
- North Frisian: quick
- Old Saxon: *quik
- Middle Low German: quik, quek (in compounds)
- Old Dutch: *quic, *quicc
- Middle Dutch: quic, quec
- Dutch: kwik
- Middle Dutch: quic, quec
- Old High German: *quic, *quec
- Middle High German: quec, kec, koc