Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwikwǭ
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative forms
edit- *kwikwō (strong declension)
Etymology
editFrom *kwikwaz.
Noun
edit*kwikwǭ f
- a type of grass, similar to wheat; couch grass
Inflection
editōn-stemDeclension of *kwikwǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kwikwǭ | *kwikwōniz | |
vocative | *kwikwǭ | *kwikwōniz | |
accusative | *kwikwōnų | *kwikwōnunz | |
genitive | *kwikwōniz | *kwikwōnǫ̂ | |
dative | *kwikwōni | *kwikwōmaz | |
instrumental | *kwikwōnē | *kwikwōmiz |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- 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