Where does “cudu” come from?

cudu (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kwidu, from Proto-Germanic kweduz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-, from Proto-Indo-European gū- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Ancestry of “cudu”, step by step

cudu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic kwidu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
2Proto-Germanickweduzresin
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
4Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Afrikaans koedoe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanskoedoekudu
2Frenchkoudou—
3Namakudub—

Words derived from “cudu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →