Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þeudō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“tribe”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθeu̯.ðɔː/

Noun

*þeudō f

people, tribe

Inflection

Declension of *þeudō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þeudō	*þeudôz
vocative	*þeudō	*þeudôz
accusative	*þeudǭ	*þeudōz
genitive	*þeudōz	*þeudǫ̂
dative	*þeudōi	*þeudōmaz
instrumental	*þeudō	*þeudōmiz

Derived terms

Related terms

*þiudijaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *þeudu
- Old English: þēod, þīod, ðēod, ðīod, ðēad, ðīed
  - Middle English: thede, þeode, þeod, þede, theode, thed
    - Scots: thede, theid
- Old Frisian: thiād
- Old Saxon: thīod, thioda
  - Middle Low German: dêt, deit
- Old Dutch: thiet, thiat (South Low Franconian)
  - Middle Dutch: diet
    - Dutch: diet
- Old High German: diota, diot
  - Middle High German: diet
    - German: Diet
Proto-Norse: *ᚦᛖᚢᛞᚢ (*þeudu)
- Old Norse: þjóð
  - Icelandic: þjóð
  - Faroese: tjóð
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: tjod
  - Old Swedish: þiōþ
    - Swedish: tjod
  - Old Danish: thjuth
    - Danish: Thy (place name)
  - Old Gutnish: þiauþ
    - Gutnish: tjaud
- → Proto-Samic: *tievtō (see there for further descendants)
Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda)
Vandalic: *þeuðo/*þeuðō

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þeudō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þeudō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540

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