quead

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Middle English word quead comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷēdh-, and later Proto-Germanic *kwēdaz (Bad; mean; ugly; evil.)

*gʷēdh- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kwēdaz (Proto-Germanic)

Bad; mean; ugly; evil.

*cwēad (Old English)

quead (Middle English)

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