Proto-Germanic

*kwikwaz

‘alive, lively’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, most familiar first.

• quick ← quik ← cwic ← *kwiku
• couch ← quich ← cwice ← *kwikwā ← *kwikwǭ
• quicken ← quiken ← cwician ← cwic ← *kwiku
• quicksilver ← quyk silver ← cwicseolfor ← cwic ← *kwiku
• quickness ← quyknesse ← quyk ← cwic ← *kwiku

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz