Where does “quoth” come from?
quoth (Middle English) comes from Old English cwæþ, from Proto-Germanic kwaþ.
Ancestry of “quoth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | cwæþ | first/third-person preterite of cweþan |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kwaþ | — |
Words derived from “quoth”