English

quickle

Blend of quick + pickle.

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’

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Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz ‘alive’

Proto-West Germanic *kwiku ‘alive’

Old English cwic ‘alive’

Middle English quik ‘living’

English quick

Middle Low German pekel ‘brine’

Middle English pikel ‘spicy sauce served with meat or fish’

Today it means

verb To pickle (food) rapidly, without the need for long storage.

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