An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
queck
Friedrich Kluge2508058An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Q — queck1891John Francis Davis

queck, adj., ‘lively, quick,’ from MidHG. quëc (ck), OHG. quëc (cch), ‘living, fresh, gay’; for its early history see under the variant keck. —