Reconstruction:Old English/cydde

This Old English 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.

Old English

Alternative forms

  • *cyde

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kuddijā, diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *koddō, from Proto-Germanic *kuddô (“bag, casing”), equivalent to codd +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkyd.de/

Noun

*cydde f

  1. bag, sack
  2. belly

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative *cydde *cyddan
accusative *cyddan *cyddan
genitive *cyddan *cyddena
dative *cyddan *cyddum

Descendants

  • Middle English: *kidde, *kide
    • English: kid (“seed-pod”)
    • ⇒? Middle English: kidenere, kidnere, kydeney, kedney
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