Etymology

quickbeam

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Middle English *quykbeem ← Old English cwicbeam ← Proto-West Germanic *kwikubaum
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kwikubaum
  2. Old English · inherited fromcwicbeam
  3. Middle English · inherited from*quykbeem
  4. English todayquickbeam

Inherited from Middle English *quykbeem, from Old English cwicbeam, from Proto-West Germanic *kwikubaum; equivalent to quick (“living”) + beam. Cognate to Old Saxon quikbōm, quekbōm.

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