Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þeu
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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. |
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *þewaz (“servant, slave”).
Noun edit
*þeu m[1]
Inflection edit
| 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 edit
- *þeulīk
- *þeulīkō
- *þeulasinā
- Old Dutch: thielasina
- Old High German: diolasina
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *þewaz (“servile, slavish”).
Adjective edit
*þeu
Inflection edit
| 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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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”