Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þiudijaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Origin obscure. Possibly a conflated word, partly from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”); and partly from *þeudjaz, *þiudiz (“good, friendly”), from Proto-Indo-European *tew- (“to hearken, take notice, regard in a friendly manner”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*þiudijaną
- (transitive, +instrumental) to associate (with); engage with; attach to; join (with); connect
- to interpret; point out; explain
Inflection
Conjugation of *þiudijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
- Old English: þīedan, þēodan; ġeþēodan
- Middle English: theden
- Old Frisian: *thiōda, thiūda
- Old Saxon: *thiudian
- Old Dutch: *thiuden
- Old High German: diuten, *tiuten
- Old Norse: þýða
- Icelandic: þýða
- Faroese: týða
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: þyþa, þȳþa
- Swedish: tyda
- Old Danish: thythæ, thȳthæ
- Danish: tyde
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- Elfdalian: tyða
- Gutnish: tyde
- Scanian: týða