Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kudinā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin quidōnium, cydonium, ellipsis of Latin (malum) Cydonium (“(apple) of Cydonia”).

Noun

*kudinā f

1. quince

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kudinā
Genitive	*kudinōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kudinā	*kudinōn
Accusative	*kudinōn	*kudinōn
Genitive	*kudinōn	*kudinōnō
Dative	*kudinōn	*kudinōm, *kudinum
Instrumental	*kudinōn	*kudinōm, *kudinum

Alternative forms

• *kwidinā, *kudinnjā

Descendants

• Old Saxon: kudina, quitina, kudine, quidene
  • Middle Low German: quêde, quedde
    • Low German: Quitt
    • → Danish: kvæde
    • → Faroese: kveði
    • → Norwegian: kvede
    • → Swedish: kvitten
• Old Dutch: *quidina
  • Middle Dutch: quēde
    • Dutch: kwee
• Old High German: quitina, kutinna, kwitina, quitina, quodana, kwodana
  • Middle High German: küte, kütte, kutten, quite, quiten, küten
    • Alemannic German: Chüttene, Kütt
    • German: Quitte
    • Luxembourgish: Quitt
    • Rhine Franconian: Quitt