Where does “quick” come from?

quick (German) comes from Middle Low German quick, from Old Saxon quik, from Proto-West Germanic kwik(k)w, from Proto-Germanic kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

quick (German): lively

Definitions

  1. lively

Ancestry of “quick”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanquick—
2Old Saxonquik—
3Proto-West Germanickwik(k)walive; lively, quick
4Proto-Germanickwikwazalive; lively, quick
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “quick”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwikwaz →