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Where does “Oudnederduits” come from?

Oudnederduits (Dutch) comes from Dutch Nederduits, from Dutch Duits, from Middle Dutch duutsch, from Old Dutch thiudisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz, from Proto-Germanic þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂ — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

Oudnederduits (Dutch): Old Low German, Old Saxon

Definitions

  1. Old Low German, Old Saxon

Ancestry of “Oudnederduits”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchNederduitsLow German; Dutch
2DutchDuitsGerman; Dutch
3Middle Dutchduutsch—
4Old Dutchthiudiscof the people, vernacular
5Proto-West Germanicþiudiskof the people, popular, vernacular
6Proto-Germanicþiudiskazof the people, popular; of the tribe
7Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
9Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →