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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *liudiz.
Noun
*liudi m or f
- (in the singular) man, person
- (in the plural) men, people
Inflection
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Singular
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*liudi
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| Genitive
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*liudī
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*liudi
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*liudī
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| Accusative
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*liudi
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*liudī
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| Genitive
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*liudī
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*liudijō
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| Dative
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*liudī
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*liudim, *liudijum
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| Instrumental
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*liudī
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*liudim, *liudijum
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Descendants
- Old English: lēod, lēode m
- Old Frisian: liōd, liūde, liōde m
- Saterland Frisian: Ljuude, Ljude
- West Frisian: lie, lju, ljuwe
- Old Saxon: liud, liudi (m)
- Middle Low German: lüde, luede, luide
- Low German: Lüde
- German Low German: Lühde pl, Lühd pl, Lüüde pl, Lüüd pl, Lüü pl
- Old Dutch: liut
- → Medieval Latin: leodēs, leudēs
- Old High German: liut, liuti, liudī — northern
- Middle High German: liute
- Alemannic German: Lüüte
- Bavarian: Leit
- Central Franconian: Löck, Lück (Kölsch, northernmost Ripuarian), Lüü (western Ripuarian), Lie (Siegerland), Leit (other Moselle Franconian)
- German: Leute pl
- Hunsrik: Leit
- Luxembourgish: Leit
- Vilamovian: łaojt
- Yiddish: לײַט (layt)