Where does “queddian” come from?

queddian (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kwaddjan, from Proto-Germanic kwadjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

queddian (Old Saxon): to address

Definitions

  1. to address

Ancestry of “queddian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kwaddjanto greet
2Proto-Germanickwadjanąto greet
3Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →
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