Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kweþuz

This Proto-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-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

1. belly, stomach

   Synonyms: *wambō, *ambô, *magô, *balgiz

2. womb

   Synonyms: *wambō, *kilþį̄

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

Related terms

• *kūtiz
• *kutilǭ

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: quede
• Old High German: quiti (quoden?)
  • ⇒ Old High German: chwadilla, kwedilla, quedilla
    • Middle High German: kutel
      • German: Kuttel, Quaddel
• Old Norse: kviðr
  • Icelandic: kviður
  • Faroese: kviður, kvið
  • Old Swedish: qviþer
    • Swedish: kved
  • Old Danish: kwith
• Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (qiþus)