Old English · noun
cwice
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈkwi.ke/
- Syllables
- ˈkwi · ke (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- couchcouch grassquackgrassquickgrassquitchquitchgrass
Meaning
-
couch grass
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kwikwā, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (“alive; living; quick”), related to Old High German quecca, Middle Low German kweke.
Descendants
couch, couch grass, quackgrass, quickgrass, quitch, quitchgrass
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