An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/queck

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2524243An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q — queckJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ queck, adjective, ‘lively, quick,’ from Middle High German quëc (ck), Old High German quëc (cch), ‘living, fresh, gay’; for its early history see under the variant keck. —

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