Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwikwā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwikwǭ.

Noun

*kwikwā f

1. a type of grass, similar to wheat
2. couch grass

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kwikwā
Genitive	*kwikwōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kwikwā	*kwikwōn
Accusative	*kwikwōn	*kwikwōn
Genitive	*kwikwōn	*kwikwōnō
Dative	*kwikwōn	*kwikwōm, *kwikwum
Instrumental	*kwikwōn	*kwikwōm, *kwikwum

Alternative reconstructions

• *kwikkwā

Related terms

• *kwiku

Descendants

• Old English: cwice
  • Middle English: quike, quyke, quich
    • English: quitch, couch
      • ⇒ English: quitchgrass, couch grass
    • ⇒ English: quickgrass, quackgrass
    • ⇒ Early Scots: quickens
      • Scots: quickene, quicken
• Old Frisian: *kwike
  • Saterland Frisian: Kwíeke
  • West Frisian: kwiik
• Old Saxon: *kwika, *kweka, *kwekka
  • Middle Low German: quecke, queyke, quēke, quēken
    • German Low German: Queek
• Old Dutch: *kwika, *kweka, *kwekka
  • Middle Dutch: queke, quecke, queken
    • Dutch: kweek, kwekwe (dialectal), kwèkken (dialectal)
      • → West Frisian: kweek
• Old High German: kwekka, quecka
  • Middle High German: quecke
    • German: Quecke