quethe
English
/kwiːð/
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To say or declare.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English quethen inherited from Old English cweþan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (say) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (pitch, say, resin, speak, swelling, a swelling).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷet-
Gloss
pitch, say, resin, speak, swelling, a swelling
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bequeath English
- bequeathable English
- bequeathal English
- bequeather English
- bequeathest English
- bequeatheth English
- bequeathment English
- botulus Latin
- *gʷet- Proto-Indo-European
- *kwaþ Proto-Germanic
- *kweþaną Proto-Germanic
- *kweþuz Proto-Germanic
- *kwissiz Proto-Germanic
- acweþan Old English
- andcweþan Old English
- becweþan Old English
- beforancweþan Old English
- bicweþan Old English
- cweþan Old English
- forcweþan Old English
- forecweþan Old English
- gecweþan Old English
- hearmcweþan Old English
- miscweþan Old English
- oncweþan Old English
- tocweþan Old English
- weargcweþan Old English
- wiþcweþan Old English
- wiþercweþan Old English
- yfelcweþan Old English
- æftercweþan Old English
- bequethen Middle English
- quethen Middle English
- kveða Old Norse
- quedan Old High German
- կոչեմ Old Armenian
- quëden Middle High German
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍆𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *kweþan gmw-pro
- quethan Old Dutch
- *betu- Proto-Celtic
- *betwiyos Proto-Celtic
- borkhödan Cimbrian
- khödan Cimbrian
- khön Cimbrian
- koun Cimbrian
- quethan Old Saxon
- quetha Old Frisian
- kweede Saterland Frisian