Where does “cweþan” come from?
cweþan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kweþan, from Proto-Germanic kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét-.
cweþan (Old English): to say
Ancestry of “cweþan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *kweþan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kweþaną | to say |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷét- | — |
Words derived from “cweþan”