Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kudją

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.

Kroonen reconstructs the Pre-Germanic form *gʷh₃udʰh₁yom, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃u- (“cow”), *gʷeh₃- (“to graze, pasture; to keep”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place”), with the meaning "set of cows". Kroonen notes, however, that the meaning of the root from the first part meant it might not have been necessarily restricted to cows. See *awidiją for a similar formation.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuð.jɑ̃/

*kudją n

1. herd

• Old Frisian: kedde, ked
• Old Saxon: *kuddi
  • Middle Low German: kudde, küdde
• Old Dutch: *kuddi
  • Middle Dutch: cudde, kudde
    • Dutch: kudde
• Old High German: kutti, chutti
  • Middle High German: kütte
    • German: Kütte, Kitte, Kette

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN