Teuton

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Etymology

1720, from Latin Teutōnes, Teutōnī (name of a Germanic or Celtic tribe that inhabited a coastal area in today Germany and devastated Gaul between 113-101 B.C., “the Teutons”). Possibly from PIE *tewtéh₂ (“people”), from which comes Celtic *toutā, Old Irish: túath, Proto-Germanic *þeudanaz (“ruler, leader of the people”), Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people”), Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 (þiudans, “king”), Old Norse þjóðann (“prince, king”), Old Saxon þiudan (“lord of the people, ruler”), Old English þēoden (“king, lord”), þēod (“nation, people, country, language”), Russian чужой (“stranger”), чудно (“strange”), чудо (“miracle”), Dutch and Deutsch.

Noun

Teuton (plural Teutons)

1. A member of an early Germanic tribe noted in historical writings by Greek and Roman authors.
2. A German (derogatory).

Translations

member of a Germanic tribe

• Arabic: توتوني (ar) (tutuni) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 條頓人 (cmn), 条顿人 (cmn) (Tiáodùnrén)

• Esperanto: teŭtono (eo) (man or woman), teŭtonino (eo) (woman)
• Finnish: teutoni (fi)
• French: Teuton (fr) m, Teutonne (fr) f

• German: Teutone (de) m, Teutonin (de) f
• Japanese: テウトネス (ja) (Teutonesu)
• Marathi: ट्यूटॉन (mr) (ṭyūṭǒna)
• Portuguese: teutão (pt) m
• Russian: тевтон (ru) (tevtón) m, тевтонка (ru) (tevtónka) f
• Spanish: teutón (es) m, teutona (es) f

German

• Finnish: teutoni (fi)

• Marathi: ट्यूटॉन (mr) (ṭyūṭǒna)
• Russian: тевтон (ru) (tevtón) m, тевтонка (ru) (tevtónka) f
• Spanish: teutón (es) m, teutona (es) f

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