Reconstruction:Old Norse/hvekka

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 This Old Norse entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Norse

Etymology

Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Germanic *hwekkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾-néw-ti, from *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- (“to flee, escape”) +‎ *-néwti. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *čeznǫti (“to disappear”), Latin conquinīscō (“to crouch down”).

Verb

*hvekka

  1. to be startled

Descendants

  • Faroese: kvökka
  • Norwegian: kvekka
  • Swedish: väkka (dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hwekkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 265
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