Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þeu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *þewaz (“servant, slave”).

Noun

*þeu m[1]

  2. servant, slave
Inflection
Masculine wa-stem
Singular
Nominative *þeu
Genitive *þewas
Singular Plural
Nominative *þeu *þewō, *þewōs
Accusative *þeu *þewā
Genitive *þewas *þewō
Dative *þewē *þeum
Instrumental *þeu *þeum
Derived terms
  • *þeulīk
    • Old Saxon: thiolīk
    • Old High German: diolīh
  • *þeulīkō
    • Old Saxon: thiolīko
    • Old High German: diolīhho
  • *þeulasinā
    • Old Dutch: thielasina
    • Old High German: diolasina
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *þewaz (“servile, slavish”).

Adjective

*þeu

  2. servile, slavish
Inflection
wa-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *þeu
Genitive *þewas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *þeu *þeu *þeu
Accusative *þewanā *þewā *þeu
Genitive *þewas *þeweʀā *þewas
Dative *þeumē *þeweʀē *þeumē
Instrumental *þeu *þeweʀu *þeu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *þewē *þewō *þeu
Accusative *þewā *þewā *þeu
Genitive *þeweʀō *þeweʀō *þeweʀō
Dative *þewēm, *þeum *þewēm, *þeum *þewēm, *þeum
Instrumental *þewēm, *þeum *þewēm, *þeum *þewēm, *þeum
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43: “PWGmc *þeu”
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