kwee

Meaning

quince (Cydonia oblonga, plant or fruit)

Concepts

quince

Synonyms

kweepeer

Translations

ayva

Quitte

membrillo

marmelo

codony

cognassier

coing

melo cotogno

membrillero

melocotogno

codonh

codonhièr

mela cotogna

marmeleiro

Etymology

From Middle Dutch quede, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Latin *quidōnea (see cotōneum, cydōnium), from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion).
The n seen in Latin and Greek was lost at some point after the Germanic borrowing from Latin, likely due to its re-interpretation as a plural ending (an instance of back-formation); compare Luxembourgish Quitt.