Where does “cwieldhræþe” come from?

cwieldhræþe (Old English) comes from Old English hræþe, from Proto-West Germanic *hraþō.

cwieldhræþe (Old English): bat

Definitions

  1. bat

Ancestry of “cwieldhræþe”, step by step

cwieldhræþe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hræþe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhræþesoon
2Proto-West Germanic*hraþō—

via Old English cwield

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcwield—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hraþō →Every word from Old English hræþe →