English
cud
Cud comes from Middle English code ‘any kind of plant gum’, from Proto-Germanic *kweduz ‘resin’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷet-‘resin, gum’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kweduz‘resin’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kwidu‘gum, resin’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cudu
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500code‘any kind of plant gum’
- Englishearliest quotation 1942cud
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷet-‘resin, gum’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kweduz‘resin’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kwidu‘gum, resin’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cudu
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500code‘any kind of plant gum’
- Englishearliest quotation 1942cud
Earliest quotation: 1942, Emily Carr, Singing: “Here were two ladies nearly fifty years old, throwing…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- ‘resin, gum’
bowel, pudding, bequest, bitumen, bequeath, botulism, botulinum, quoth, 13 more
through Proto-Germanic *kweduz ‘resin’
through Middle English code ‘any kind of plant gum’
Today it means
noun The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- / cud