qvithan

kath

to converse with any one (instr., sometimes with saha) MBh. ;
to tell, relate, narrate, report, inform, speak about, declare, explain, describe (with acc. of the thing orﾠ person spoken about) MBh. R. Ṡak. etc.;
to announce, show, exhibit, bespeak, betoken Mn. XI, 114 Ṡak. 291, 4 Suṡr. etc.. ;
to order, command Pañcat. 57, 22 ;
to suppose, state MBh. III, 10668 Mn. VII, 157:
Pass. kathyate, to be called, be regarded orﾠ considered as, pass for Pañcat. Hit. etc.;
fr. katham, « to tell the how» ;
+ cf. Goth. qvithan;
Old High Germ. quethan andﾠ quedan;
Eng. quoth andﾠ quote