Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þiudisk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *þiudiskaz. Equivalent to *þeudu +‎ *-isk.

Adjective

*þiudisk

of the people, popular, vernacular

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*þiudisk
Genitive	*þiudiskas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*þiudisk	*þiudisku	*þiudisk
Accusative	*þiudiskanā	*þiudiskā	*þiudisk
Genitive	*þiudiskas	*þiudiskeʀā	*þiudiskas
Dative	*þiudiskumē	*þiudiskeʀē	*þiudiskumē
Instrumental	*þiudisku	*þiudiskeʀu	*þiudisku
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*þiudiskē	*þiudiskō	*þiudisku
Accusative	*þiudiskā	*þiudiskā	*þiudisku
Genitive	*þiudiskeʀō	*þiudiskeʀō	*þiudiskeʀō
Dative	þiudiskēm, þiudiskum	þiudiskēm, þiudiskum	þiudiskēm, þiudiskum
Instrumental	þiudiskēm, þiudiskum	þiudiskēm, þiudiskum	þiudiskēm, þiudiskum

Descendants

Old English: þēodisc, þīodisċ
- Middle English: thedisch, þedisch, þeodisc
- → English: thedish, theodish (learned)
Old Frisian: thiōsk
- West Frisian: Tsjutsk (“German”) (obsolete)
Old Saxon: thiudisk
- Middle Low German: düdesch
  - Low German:
    - German Low German:
      Altmärkisch: dütsch
      Bremisch: dütsch
      Dithmarsisch: dütsch
      Hamburgisch: dütsch, düütsch
      Eastphalian: duitsch
      Westphalian:
      Münsterländisch: dütsk; Dütsk
      Osnabrückisch: düütsk
      Lippisch: duitsk
      Paderbornisch: duitsk
      Ravensbergisch: duütsk
      Sauerländer-Märkisch: duͤdsk
      Sauerländisch: duitsk
      Westmünsterländisch: düüts, düütsk
  - Plautdietsch: dietsch
  - → Saterland Frisian: düütsk
Old Dutch: *thiudisc
- Middle Dutch: dietsch, duutsch
  - Dutch: Diets (“Middle Dutch”)
  - Dutch: Duits (“German”), (obsolete) Duitsch, Duytsch, Duitser (“German person”)
    - Afrikaans: Duits
    - Negerhollands: dutsch
    - →? Japanese: ドイツ (Doitsu)
      - → English: Doitsu
      - → Korean: 독일 (dogil)
      - → Mokilese: Dois
      - → Palauan: Dois
    - Sranan Tongo: Doisri
      - → Caribbean Hindustani: Doisri
      - → Caribbean Javanese: Dhoisri
  - Limburgish: Dutsj
  - → Middle English: Duch, Duche, Deuche, Dusche, Dewche, Dowche, duch, duche, deuche, dusche
    - English: Dutch
    - Scots: Dutch
  - → West Frisian: Dútsk
Old High German: diutisk, diutisc
- Middle High German: diutsc, diutisch, diutsch, tiutsch, tiusch
  - Alemannic German: tüütsch, dütsch, düütsch, Dütsch, Ditsch, Dytsch
    Swabian: deitsch, daitsch
    Walser: töitsch, titsch, tittschu, titzsch
  - Bavarian: daitsch, deitsch, taitsch
    Cimbrian: tòiz, tauč, taütsch
    Gottscheerish: taitš
    Mòcheno: taitsch
  - Central Franconian: dütsch
    - Hunsrik: deitsch, Deitsch
    - Kölsch: duetsch
    - Luxembourgish: däitsch, Däitsch
  - East Central German: deitsch
    Silesian East Central German: deitsch, doitsch (Glätzisch)
    Upper Saxon German: Deitsch, deidsch
  - German: Deutsch, deutsch
    - → Chinese: 德意志 (Déyìzhì)
    - →? Japanese: ドイツ (Doitsu)
      - → English: Doitsu
      - → Korean: 독일 (dogil)
      - → Mokilese: Dois
      - → Palauan: Dois
  - Rhine Franconian: deitsch
    - Pennsylvania German: deitsch, Deitsch
  - Vilamovian: daojć
  - Yiddish: דײַטש (daytsh), טײַטש (taytsh)
→ Medieval Latin: theodiscus, theotiscus, thiotiscus (see there for further descendants)