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Where does “kwidu” come from?

kwidu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic kweduz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-, from Proto-Indo-European gū- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kwidu (Proto-West Germanic): gum, resin

Definitions

  1. gum, resin

Ancestry of “kwidu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickweduzresin
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
3Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “kwidu”

  • code
  • coding
  • encode
  • decoder
  • decode
  • encoder
  • cud
  • codify
  • coder
  • codebook
  • pseudocode
  • codeword
  • noncoding
  • opcode
  • bytecode
  • postcode
  • couldn't
  • timecode
  • codename
  • shellcode
  • recode
  • decodable
  • microcode
  • vocoder
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