
English word squid comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷiwós, Old English cwician, and later Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (Alive. Lively, quick.)
*gʷiwós (Proto-Indo-European)
cwician (Old English)
To bring to life, to vivify. To come to life, become living. To quicken.
*kwikwaz (Proto-Germanic)
Alive. Lively, quick.
cwic (Old English)
Living, live, alive. Mentally agile; intelligent, keen.
cwicc (Middle English)
quick (English)
(archaic) Alive, living.. (archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.. (mining, of a vein of ore) productive; not "dead" or barren. Burning, flammable, fiery.. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.. Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.. Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.. Moving with speed, rapidity or [...]
squid (English)
(slang, motorcycling, pejorative) A motorcyclist characterized by lack of riding gear, reckless/careless/unsafe riding, especially of sport bikers.