Where does “cwēad” come from?

cwēad (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kwēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷēdh- — muck, excrement, dung, filth, disgust, vermin.

cwēad (Old English): bad; dung; dirt; filth

Definitions

  1. bad; dung; dirt; filth

Ancestry of “cwēad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickwēdazbad; mean; ugly; evil
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷēdh-muck, excrement, dung, filth, disgust, vermin

Words derived from “cwēad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷēdh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwēdaz →