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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/liudi
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *liudiz.
Noun
*liudi m or f
- (in the singular) man, person
- (in the plural) men, people
Inflection
i-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *liudi | |
Genitive | *liudī | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *liudi | *liudī |
Accusative | *liudi | *liudī |
Genitive | *liudī | *liudijō |
Dative | *liudī | *liudim |
Instrumental | *liudī | *liudim |
Related terms
- *leudan
Descendants
- Old English: lēod, lēode m
- Middle English: leod, leode, led, lede
- English: leod, lede
- Scots: lede, leid, luid
- Middle English: leod, leode, led, lede
- Old Frisian: liōd, liūde, liōde m
- Saterland Frisian: ljode
- Saterland Frisian: Ljuude
- West Frisian: lie, lju, ljuwe
- Saterland Frisian: ljode
- 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
- Westphalian:
- German Low German: Lühde pl, Lühd pl, Lüüde pl, Lüüd pl, Lüü pl
- Low German: lüüd, lüüt
- Middle Low German: lüde, luede, luide
- Old Dutch: liut
- Middle Dutch: liede
- Dutch: lieden
- Middle Dutch: liede
- → Medieval Latin: leodēs, leudēs
- → French: leude
- → English: leud
- Old High German: liut (m, f, n), liuti
- Middle High German: liut
- Alemannic German: Lüüte
- Central Franconian: Löck, Lück
- German: Leute pl
- Hunsrik: Leit
- Luxembourgish: Leit
- Vilamovian: łaojt
- Middle High German: liut