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Where does “thūta” come from?

thūta (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic þeutǭ, from Proto-Germanic þeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European tū-.

Ancestry of “thūta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicþeutǭThat which causes a whirring, whistling, roaring,...
2Proto-Germanicþeutanąto howl, roar
3Proto-Indo-Europeantū-—
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