þeod

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Contents 1 Old English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Descendants 1.3.3 Related terms

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *þeuđō, from Indo-European *teuˈtā- (teu'teh2- using the laryngeal hypothesis). Cognate with Old Saxon thiod, Old High German diota (German deutsch), Old Norse þióð. The PIE root is also the source of Old Irish túath ‘people’, Lithuanian tautà ‘people’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /θeːod/

[edit] Noun

þēod f. (plural þēode)

1. nation, people, race
2. homeland, country

[edit] Derived terms

þēodġestrēon

þēodþrēa

[edit] Descendants

• Middle English: thede

[edit] Related terms

• Teuton