Where does “cwǣd” come from?

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

cwǣd (Old English): evil, bad

Definitions

  1. evil, bad

Ancestry of “cwǣd”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cwǣd”

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