Where does “kviða” come from?
kviða (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse kviða, from Old Norse kveða, from Proto-Germanic kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét-.
kviða (Icelandic): an epic poem
Ancestry of “kviða”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | kviða | a ballad, narrative poem |
| 2 | Old Norse | kveða | to say; to utter; to recite |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kweþaną | to say |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷét- | — |