Where does “gegncwide” come from?
gegncwide (Old English) comes from Old English cwide, from Proto-Germanic kwidiz, from Old English cweþan, from Proto-West Germanic *kweþan, from Proto-Germanic kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét-.
gegncwide (Old English): answer, reply
Ancestry of “gegncwide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | cwide | saying; sentence |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kwidiz | a saying, statement, phrase |
| 3 | Old English | cweþan | to say |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kweþan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kweþaną | to say |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷét- | — |