Where does “tysk” come from?

tysk (Danish) comes 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.

tysk (Danish): German; the German language

Definitions

  1. German; the German language

Ancestry of “tysk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tysk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic þeudō →
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