Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þeudu

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 *þeudō.

Noun

*þeudu f

people, tribe

Inflection

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

Descendants

Old English: þēod, þīod, þīed, þīd
- Middle English: theode, thede
  - English: thede, theod (archaic)
  - 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