keck

Significat (Anglès)

sassy; cheeky (bold and spirited)

Conceptes

Freqüència

34k
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/kɛk/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle High German kec, Upper German form of quec, from Old High German quec, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”). The Central German form survives in Quecksilber and erquicken. From Low German stems the doublet quick (chiefly in quicklebendig). Cognate with Dutch kwiek, English quick; further with Latin vīvus, Russian живой (živoj).

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