Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwikwǭ
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This Proto-Germanic 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. |
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *kwikwō (strong declension)
Etymology
From *kwikwaz.
Noun
*kwikwǭ f
- a type of grass, similar to wheat; couch grass
Inflection
| ōn-stemDeclension of *kwikwǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *kwikwǭ | *kwikwōniz | |
| vocative | *kwikwǭ | *kwikwōniz | |
| accusative | *kwikwōnų | *kwikwōnunz | |
| genitive | *kwikwōniz | *kwikwōnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *kwikwōni | *kwikwōmaz | |
| instrumental | *kwikwōnē | *kwikwōmiz | |
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *kwikwā, *kwikkwā
- Old English: cwice
- Middle English: quike, quyke, quich
- English: quitch, couch
- ⇒ English: quitchgrass, couch grass
- ⇒ English: quickgrass, quackgrass
- ⇒ Early Scots: quickens
- English: quitch, couch
- Middle English: quike, quyke, quich
- Old Frisian: *kwike
- Old Saxon: *kwika, *kweka, *kwekka
- Old Dutch: *kwika, *kweka, *kwekka
- Old High German: kwekka, quecka
- Old English: cwice
- Old Norse: *kvikva