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

Probably a hypocoristic formation from *keudō (“bag”), though further relations outside Germanic for both terms are unclear; see the latter for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkud.dɔːː/

Noun

*kuddô m

1. bag; pod, shell, husk; sack; purse

Inflection

Declension 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

• *keudō
• *kudilǭ

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
  • Old Danish: koddæ
    • Danish: kodde
• → Proto-Finnic: *kotti (see there for further descendants)