Etymology

cud

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Today it means: The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time. Full definition →

Middle English code ← Old English cudu ← Proto-West Germanic *kwidu
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cud · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*kweduz“resin”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kwidu
  3. Old English · inherited fromcudu
  4. Middle English · inherited fromcode
  5. English todaycud

From Middle English code, cudde, coude, quede, quide, from Old English cudu, cwidu, from Proto-West Germanic *kwidu, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz (“resin”). Doublet of quid (“material for chewing”). Cognate with German Kitt and Sanskrit जतु (jatu, “lac, gum”).

cud · verb2

Shortened form of could.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishcode all →

code

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