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

a type of grass, similar to wheat
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

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