Words that come from Proto-Germanic kwikwaz

170 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Germanic kwikwaz — including quickly, quick, Quick, quicken, wick, squid, quicksilver, quicksand.

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English (57)

Old English (14)

Middle English (13)

German (13)

Swedish (9)

Dutch (5)

Norwegian Nynorsk (5)

Icelandic (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Danish (3)

Old Swedish (3)

Faroese (3)

Old Norse (3)

Middle High German (3)

Romanian (3)

Old High German (2)

Albanian (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Old Frisian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Irish (1)

Ido (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Limburgish (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Italian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Greenlandic (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Chechen (1)

Ingush (1)

Bats (1)