Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þeudu

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

From Proto-Germanic *þeudō.

Noun

*þeudu f

1. people, tribe

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þeudu
Genitive	*þeudā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þeudu	*þeudō
Accusative	*þeudā	*þeudā
Genitive	*þeudā	*þeudō
Dative	*þeudē	*þeudōm, *þeudum
Instrumental	*þeudu	*þeudōm, *þeudum

Derived terms

• *þiudisk

Descendants

• 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: thiat
  • Middle Dutch: diet
    • Dutch: diet
• Old High German: diota, diot
  • Middle High German: diet
    • German: Diet