Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuddô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gewt- (“pouch, sack”), from *gew- (“to bend, bow, arch, vault, curve”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkud.dɔːː/

Noun

*kuddô m

bag; pod, shell, husk; sack; purse

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *kuddô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kuddô	*kuddaniz
vocative	*kuddô	*kuddaniz
accusative	*kuddanų	*kuddanunz
genitive	*kuddiniz	*kuddanǫ̂
dative	*kuddini	*kuddammaz
instrumental	*kuddinē	*kuddammiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kuddō
- Old English: *codda; codd, cod
  - Middle English: codde; cod
    - English: cod
    - Scots: codd, cod, coad, kod
- Old Frisian: kudda, kuda
- Old Saxon: *koddo; *kod
  - Middle Low German: kudde, kodde; *kode
    - German Low German: Koden, Kon
- Old Dutch: *koddo
  - Middle Dutch: codde, cudse
    - Dutch: kodde
- >? Old High German: kutto
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *kuddijā
  - Old English: *cydde, *cyde
    - Middle English: *kidde, *kide
      - English: kid (“seed-pod”)
      - ⇒? Middle English: kidenere, kidnere, kydeney, kedney
        English: kidney
Old Norse: koddi
- Icelandic: koddi
- Faroese: koddi
- Norwegian Bokmål: kodde
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kodde
- Old Swedish: kodde
  - Swedish: kudde
- Danish: kodde
→ Proto-Finnic: *kotti (see there for further descendants)