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Where does “fællestysk” come from?

fællestysk (Danish) comes from Danish tysk, from Old Saxon thiudisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz, from Proto-Germanic þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

fællestysk (Danish): common to or shared by all of Germany or the...

Definitions

  1. common to or shared by all of Germany or the...

Ancestry of “fællestysk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishtyskGerman; the German language
2Old Saxonthiudisc—
3Proto-West Germanicþiudiskof the people, popular, vernacular
4Proto-Germanicþiudiskazof the people, popular; of the tribe
5Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
6Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
7Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
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