Jump to content

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/erquicken

From Wikisource
An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
erquicken
Friedrich Kluge2552017An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E — erquicken1891John Francis Davis

erquicken, vb., ‘to revive, refresh,’ from the equiv. MidHG. erquicken, ‘to reanimate, wake from the dead,’ OHG. ir-quicchan; allied to keck, Quecksilber, verquicken. —