Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þeu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *þewaz.

Noun

*þeu m[1]

slave

Inflection

Masculine wa-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þeu	þewō, þewōs
Accusative	*þeu	*þewā
Genitive	*þewas	*þewō
Dative	*þewē	*þewum
Instrumental	*þewu	*þewum

Descendants

Old English: þēow, þēo
- Middle English: theow, thew
  - English: thew
Old Saxon: thio
Old Dutch: thio
Old High German: deo

References

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”

[1] 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”