Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwikwą

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwik.wɑ̃/

Noun

*kwikwą n

  1. living creature; animal
  2. livestock; sheep; cattle

Inflection

Declension of *kwikwą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kwikwą *kwikwō
vocative *kwikwą *kwikwō
accusative *kwikwą *kwikwō
genitive *kwikwas, *kwikwis *kwikwǫ̂
dative *kwikwai *kwikwamaz
instrumental *kwikwō *kwikwamiz

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: quik, quek
  • Old Saxon: *quik
    • Middle Low German: quik, quek (in compounds)
  • Old Dutch: *quic, *quicc
  • Old High German: *quic, *quec
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