"a fancy dish in cookery" (especially a non-native one), late 16c., earlier quelk-chose from English pronunciation of French quelque chose "a something, a little something." Quelque is from Latin qualis "of what kind?" (from PIE root *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns).
kickback
kick-ball
kickboxing
kicker
kick-off
kickshaw
kicksie-wicksie
kickstand
kick-start
kicky
kid