Where does “quoth” come from?

Quoth derives from Middle English quath, from Old Norse váði, from Old English coþu, from Proto-Germanic kuþō, a word of uncertain ultimate origin and meaning.

quoth (English): simple past tense of quethe; said; to say

Definitions

  1. simple past tense of quethe; said; to say

Ancestry of “quoth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishquoth—
2Old Englishcwæþfirst/third-person preterite of cweþan
3Proto-Germanickwaþ—

Words derived from “quoth”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kwaþ →Every word from Old English cwæþ →Every word from Middle English quoth →