Where does “kød” come from?

kød (Danish) comes from Old Norse kjǫt, from Proto-Germanic ketwą — meat; flesh.

kød (Danish): meat; flesh

Definitions

  1. meat; flesh

Ancestry of “kød”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekjǫt
2Proto-Germanicketwąmeat; flesh

Words derived from “kød

Every word from Proto-Germanic ketwąEvery word from Old Norse kjǫt
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