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]

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
- Middle English: code, quide, quede, coude, cudde
  - English: cud, quid
  - Scots: cude, cuid
Old High German: quiti, kuti
- Middle High German: küte, küt
  - German: Kitt (“cement, putty”)

References

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”

[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”