Reconstruction:Old Norse/hvekka
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Germanic *hwekkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾-néw-ti, from *kʷeǵ⁽ʰ⁾- (“to flee, escape”) + *-néwti. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *čeznǫti (“to disappear”), Latin conquinīscō (“to crouch down”).[1]
Verb[edit]
*hvekka
- to be startled