Where does “kvæði” come from?
kvæði (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse kvæði, from Proto-Germanic kwēþiją, from Proto-Germanic kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét-.
kvæði (Icelandic): poem
Ancestry of “kvæði”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | kvæði | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kwēþiją | poem; song |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kweþaną | to say |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷét- | — |