þeod
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[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Cognate with Old Saxon thiod, Old High German diota (German deutsch), Old Norse þióð, Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Old Irish túath ‘people’, Lithuanian tautà ‘people’.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /θeːod/
[edit] Noun
þēod f. (nominative plural þēoda)
- people, tribe, nation, race
- homeland, native country
- (plural) people, population, gentiles
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Descendants
- Middle English: thede
