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    gʷet-1

    English meaning: resin

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Harz”

    Material: O.Ind. játu n. “Lack, Gummi”; Lat. bitūmen “Erdharz, Erdpech” (Osc.-Umbr. or Celt. Lw.); betulla “birch” (Gaul. Lw.), M.Ir. be(i)the (*betu̯i̯ü) “buxus”, Welsh bedw (*betu̯ü) “betula”, Corn. bedewen “populus”, Bret. bezuen “betula” (benannt, weil “bitumen ex ea Galli excoquunt”, Plinius NH. XVI 75); O.E. hwīt cuidu, cweodo, cwudu “mastix”, O.H.G. cuti “gluten”, M.H.G. kũte, kũt, Ger. kũtt, kitt “Kitt”; changing through ablaut O.N. kvüða f. “resin”, aDan. kvade, Nor. dial. kvæde “Birkensaft”, Nor. kôda, kvæda “ beestings “.

    References: WP. I 672, WH. I 112.