Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwidu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kweduz.

Noun

*kwidu m[1]

  1. gum, resin

Inflection

u-stem
Singular
Nominative *kwidu
Genitive *kwidō
Singular Plural
Nominative *kwidu *kwidiwi, *kwidō
Accusative *kwidu *kwidū
Genitive *kwidō *kwidiwō
Dative *kwidiwi, *kwidō *kwidum
Instrumental *kwidu *kwidum

Descendants

  • Old English: cwidu, cweodu, cudu
  • Old High German: quiti, kuti
    • Middle High German: küte, küt
      • German: Kitt (“cement, putty”)
        • → Polish: kit

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323: “PWGmc *kwidu”
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