kvikr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, whence also Old English cwic, Old High German quec. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).

Adjective

kvikr

alive

Descendants

Icelandic: kvikur
Faroese: kvikur
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kvikk, kjekk
- Nynorsk: kvik, kvikk
Swedish: kvick
Danish: kvik

References

kvikr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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