Where does “*kweþan” come from?
*kweþan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic kweþaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷét-.
Ancestry of “*kweþan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | kweþaną | to say |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷét- | — |