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Where does “cwiþ” come from?

cwiþ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kweþuz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét-.

cwiþ (Old English): womb, uterus; belly, stomach

Definitions

  1. womb, uterus; belly, stomach

Ancestry of “cwiþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickweþuzbelly, stomach; womb
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷét-—
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