Where does “kwēdaz” come from?

kwēdaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷēdh- — muck, excrement, dung, filth, disgust, vermin.

kwēdaz (Proto-Germanic): bad; mean; ugly; evil

Definitions

  1. bad; mean; ugly; evil

Ancestry of “kwēdaz”, step by step

kwēdaz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European gʷēdh-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷēdh-muck, excrement, dung, filth, disgust, vermin

via Proto-Indo-European gʷēdʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷēdʰ-muck, excrement, dung, filth, disgust, vermin

Words derived from “kwēdaz

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷēdh-