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English word squid comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷiwós, Old English cwician, and later Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (Alive. Lively, quick.)

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*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.

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