Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “kvæði” come from?

kvæði (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic kwēþiją, from Proto-Germanic kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét-.

Ancestry of “kvæði”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickwēþijąpoem; song
2Proto-Germanickweþanąto say
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷét-—

Words derived from “kvæði”

  • kväde
  • kvæði
  • kvæði
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷét- →