Proto-Germanic: *kwēd=
Meaning: bad, mean
Old English: { cwēad }
Middle English: cwēd `slecht'
Old Frisian: quād `slecht, boos', quād `drek, mest'
Middle Dutch: qwaet `schlecht, boos, verkeerd', quaet n. `vuilnis, drek'
Dutch: kwaad, dial. kōt
Middle Low German: quāt `slecht, zondig, gemeen, toornig', quāt, quōt, kōt, kāt `drek, mest'
Old High German: quāt (10/11.Jh.)
Middle High German: quāt, kāt, quōt, kōt st. n. 'kot'; quāt adj. (ndrh.) 'böse, schlimm'
German: [ Kot m. < MdG ]; tirol. kōt `ekelhaftes Tier', pl. köter `allerhand Ungeziefer'
