Where does “quecsilbar” come from?

quecsilbar (Old High German) comes from Old High German quec, from Proto-West Germanic kwik(k)w, from Proto-Germanic kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

quecsilbar (Old High German): mercury

Definitions

  1. mercury

Ancestry of “quecsilbar”, step by step

quecsilbar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German quec

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanquecquick
2Proto-West Germanickwik(k)walive; lively, quick
3Proto-Germanickwikwazalive; lively, quick
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via Old High German silbar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansilbarsilver
2Proto-West Germanic*silubrsilver
3Proto-Germanicsilubrąsilver

Words derived from “quecsilbar”

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