Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þiuwjā

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 *þeu (“servent; servile”) +‎ *-jā (feminine agent suffix), or fossilized from the genitive of *þiwi (“female servent”).

Noun

*þiuwjā f

1. handmaid, female servant

   Synonyms: *þewernā, *þiwi

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þiuwjā
Genitive	*þiuwjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þiuwjā	*þiuwjōn
Accusative	*þiuwjōn	*þiuwjōn
Genitive	*þiuwjōn	*þiuwjōnō
Dative	*þiuwjōn	*þiuwjōm, *þiuwjum
Instrumental	*þiuwjōn	*þiuwjōm, *þiuwjum

Derived terms

• *þiuwjalasinā
  • Old Dutch: thiuwalasina
  • Old High German: diulasina

Descendants

• Old English: þēowe, þēowen, þēowu, þīewen
• Old Saxon: thiuwa
• Old Dutch: thiuwa, thūwa
• Old High German: *diuwa
  • Middle High German: diuwe, dīwe