LL-L "Etymology" 2005.04.22 (06) [E]

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From: Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong <Dutchmatters at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Anniversary" 2005.04.22 (03) [E]

Re: to quick and the quick and the dead as discussed by Mark and Gary
Is'nt the expression " life quickened " when a woman feels a baby moving
for the first time? I had never heard of to quick as a verb, but "quick"
as adjective or an adverb seems to be related to Dutch "kwiek" or German
"keck". They both mean "energetic or with alacrity" Jacqueline

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Hi, Jacqueline, Lowlanders!

In Low Saxon we also have the verb _kwikken_ (<quicken>, root /kwik-/) 'to
refresh,' 'to revive' (like German _erquicken_).

In the 19th-century Romantic age of Low Saxon revival, Klaus Groth
(http://www.geocities.com/grothwarken/) came up with the concept (though
probably not the actual word) of _kwikborn_ (<Quickborn>), literally
"refreshing/reviving source/fountain," much like the "fountain of youth," as
a metaphor for the language campaign.  It ended up being the title of a
periodical which survives till this day.

Kumpelmenten,
Reinhard/Ron

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