quethen
Middle English
/ˈkwɛːðən/
verb
Definitions
- To speak, talk, question about something, something
- To reply, respond to queries
- To bequeath; to hand down to one's successors by will.
- To abandon; to give away or give out; to donate.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cweþan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kweþaną (say).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kweþaną
Gloss
say
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
言
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bequeath English
- quethe English
- *gʷet- Proto-Indo-European
- *kwaþ Proto-Germanic
- *kweþaną 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
- kveða Old Norse
- quedan Old High German
- quëden Middle High German
- 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *kweþan gmw-pro
- quethan Old Dutch
- khödan Cimbrian
- khön Cimbrian
- koun Cimbrian
- quethan Old Saxon
- kvæþa Old Swedish