Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kwēdaz

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 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷweH-tó-s, *gʷuH-tó-s (“defecated”), from *gʷewH- (“to defecate”) +‎ *-tós.[1]

Adjective

*kwēdaz

  1. filthy, terrible

Inflection

Declension of *kwēdaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kwēdaz *kwēdō *kwēdą, *-at(ō) *kwēdai *kwēdôz *kwēdō
accusative *kwēdanǭ *kwēdǭ *kwēdą, *-at(ō) *kwēdanz *kwēdōz *kwēdō
genitive *kwēdas, *kwēdis *kwēdaizōz *kwēdas, *kwēdis *kwēdaizǫ̂ *kwēdaizǫ̂ *kwēdaizǫ̂
dative *kwēdammai *kwēdaizōi *kwēdammai *kwēdaimaz *kwēdaimaz *kwēdaimaz
instrumental *kwēdanō *kwēdaizō *kwēdanō *kwēdaimiz *kwēdaimiz *kwēdaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *kwēdô *kwēdǭ *kwēdô *kwēdaniz *kwēdōniz *kwēdōnō
accusative *kwēdanų *kwēdōnų *kwēdô *kwēdanunz *kwēdōnunz *kwēdōnō
genitive *kwēdiniz *kwēdōniz *kwēdiniz *kwēdanǫ̂ *kwēdōnǫ̂ *kwēdanǫ̂
dative *kwēdini *kwēdōni *kwēdini *kwēdammaz *kwēdōmaz *kwēdammaz
instrumental *kwēdinē *kwēdōnē *kwēdinē *kwēdammiz *kwēdōmiz *kwēdammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *kwād
    • Old English: *cwǣd, *cwēad
      • Middle English: qued
        • Scots: quad, quaid, queid
    • Old Frisian: quād
    • Old Saxon: *quād
    • Old Dutch: quād
    • Old High German: *quāt
      • Middle High German: quāt
        • Central Franconian: kodd

Etymology 2

Substantivization of the adjective. If the tribe did use it as a name for themselves, it was likely first applied by their enemies and then used by them to instill fear.

Noun

*kwēdaz m

  1. one of the Quadi

Inflection

Declension of *kwēdaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kwēdaz *kwēdōz, *kwēdōs
vocative *kwēd *kwēdōz, *kwēdōs
accusative *kwēdą *kwēdanz
genitive *kwēdas, *kwēdis *kwēdǫ̂
dative *kwēdai *kwēdamaz
instrumental *kwēdō *kwēdamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Kot”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 407: “*kwǣda-”
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