Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þiudijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editOrigin obscure. Possibly a conflated word, partly from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”);[1] and partly from *þiudijaz, *þiudiz (“good, friendly”), from Proto-Indo-European *tew- (“to hearken, take notice, regard in a friendly manner”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*þiudijaną
- (transitive, +instrumental) to associate (with); engage with; attach to; join (with); connect
- to interpret; point out; explain
Inflection
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *þiudijan
- Old Norse: þýða