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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.
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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
- belly, stomach
- Synonyms: *wambō, *ambô, *magô, *balgiz
- womb
- Synonyms: *wambō, *kilþį̄
Inflection
Declension of *kweþuz (u-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*kweþuz
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*kwiþiwiz
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| vocative
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*kweþu
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*kwiþiwiz
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| accusative
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*kweþų
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*kweþunz
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| genitive
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*kweþauz
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*kwiþiwǫ̂
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| dative
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*kwiþiwi
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*kweþumaz
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| instrumental
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*kweþū
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*kweþumiz
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Descendants
- Old English: cwiþ, cwiþa; (cwedele)
- Middle English: *kid, *kit (in compound: kidenere, kidnere)
- Old Saxon: *kweth
- Old High German: quiti (quoden?)
- ⇒ Old High German: chwadilla, kwedilla, quedilla
- Middle High German: kutel
- Old Norse: kviðr
- Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (qiþus)