Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kweþuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-, *gūt- (“swelling, rounding; stomach, gut”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷu-, *gū- (“to bend, curve, bow, camber, vault, distend”).

Noun

*kweþuz m

belly, stomach
womb

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *kweþuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kweþuz	*kwiþiwiz
vocative	*kweþu	*kwiþiwiz
accusative	*kweþų	*kweþunz
genitive	*kweþauz	*kwiþiwǫ̂
dative	*kwiþiwi	*kweþumaz
instrumental	*kweþū	*kweþumiz

Descendants

Old English: cwiþ, cwiþa; (cwedele)
- Middle English: *kid, *kit (in compound: kidenere, kidnere)
  - Scots: kyte
  - English: kite, kidney
Old Saxon: *kweth
- Middle Low German: queden
Old High German: (chwadilla, kwedilla, quedilla; quiti; quoden)
- German: (Quaddel)
Old Norse: kviðr
- Icelandic: kviður
- Faroese: kviður
- Old Danish: kwith
- Old Swedish: qviþer
  - Swedish: kved
- Westrobothnian: kwe, kwed, kvej
Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (qiþus)