Where does “cwiss” come from?

cwiss (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kwissiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét- — resin, gum.

cwiss (Old English): a derivative of {{m|ang|cweþan||to say}}; saying

Definitions

  1. a derivative of {{m|ang|cweþan||to say}}; saying

Ancestry of “cwiss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickwissizspeech, saying
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷét-resin, gum

Words derived from “cwiss”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷét- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwissiz →