Where does “diet” come from?

diet (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch diet, from Proto-West Germanic þeudu, from Proto-Germanic þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

diet (Dutch): folk, people; The Flemish people

Definitions

  1. folk, people; The Flemish people

Ancestry of “diet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchdietpeople, folk
2Proto-West Germanicþeudupeople, tribe
3Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
5Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “diet”

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