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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwadjaną

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 *kweþaną (to speak) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʷɑð.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*kwadjaną

  1. to greet

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *kwadīniz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kwaddjan
    • Old Saxon: queddian
    • Old Dutch: quedden
      • Middle Dutch: quedden
        • Dutch: kwedden
    • Old High German: quetten
  • Old Norse: kveðja
    • Icelandic: kveðja
    • Faroese: kvøðja

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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