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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwād

 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.
This Proto-West Germanic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *kwēdaz (“defecated, filthy”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷweh₁-tó-s, *gʷuh₁-tó-s (“defecated”), from *gʷewh₁- (“to defecate”) +‎ *-tós. Cognate with Old Armenian կու (ku), կոյ (koy, “excrement”).[1][2]

Adjective edit

*kwād

  2. bad, evil

Inflection edit

a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *kwād
Genitive *kwādas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *kwād *kwādu *kwād
Accusative *kwādanā *kwādā *kwād
Genitive *kwādas *kwādeʀā *kwādas
Dative *kwādumē *kwādeʀē *kwādumē
Instrumental *kwādu *kwādeʀu *kwādu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *kwādē *kwādō *kwādu
Accusative *kwādā *kwādā *kwādu
Genitive *kwādeʀō *kwādeʀō *kwādeʀō
Dative *kwādēm, *kwādum *kwādēm, *kwādum *kwādēm, *kwādum
Instrumental *kwādēm, *kwādum *kwādēm, *kwādum *kwādēm, *kwādum

Descendants edit

Noun edit

*kwād n[1]

  2. dung, feces
  3. filth, mud
  4. wickedness, evilness

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 408: “*kwǣda-”
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 227
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