Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/liudi

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 *liudiz.

Noun

*liudi m or f

1. (in the singular) man, person
2. (in the plural) men, people

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*liudi
Genitive	*liudī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*liudi	*liudī
Accusative	*liudi	*liudī
Genitive	*liudī	*liudijō
Dative	*liudī	*liudim, *liudijum
Instrumental	*liudī	*liudim, *liudijum

Related terms

• *leudan

Descendants

• Old English: lēod, lēode m
  • Middle English: leod, leode, led, lede
    • English: leod, lede
    • Scots: lede, leid, luid
• Old Frisian: liōd, liūde, liōde m
  • Saterland Frisian: ljode
    • Saterland Frisian: Ljuude
  • West Frisian: lie, lju, ljuwe
• Old Saxon: liud, liudi (m)
  • Middle Low German: lüde, luede, luide
    • Low German: lüüd, lüüt
      • German Low German: Lühde pl, Lühd pl, Lüüde pl, Lüüd pl, Lüü pl
        • Westphalian:
          • Paderbornisch: Luie pl
• Old Dutch: liut
  • Middle Dutch: liede
    • Dutch: lieden
• → Medieval Latin: leodēs, leudēs
  • → French: leude
  • → English: leud
• 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