Where does “قيد” come from?
قيد (Arabic) comes from French guidé, from Old French guide, from Occitan guida, from Occitan guidar, from Frankish wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
قيد (Arabic): fetter, chain, bond; restriction; strap
Definitions
- fetter, chain, bond; restriction; strap
Ancestry of “قيد”, step by step
قيد traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French guidé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | guidé | past participle of guider |
| 2 | Old French | guide | a guide |
| 3 | Occitan | guida | — |
| 4 | Occitan | guidar | to guide, to lead |
| 5 | Frankish | wītan | to show the way, lead; to accuse, to blame |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Arabic قَيْد
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | قَيْد | effort |