Where does “diu” come from?

diu (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic þō, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

diu (Old High German): servant

Definitions

  1. servant

Ancestry of “diu”, step by step

diu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic þō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþōthey, those
2Proto-Germanicsathat
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Proto-Germanic *sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*sa—
2Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
3Proto-Oceanic*isa—

Words derived from “diu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Germanic sa →Every word from Proto-Germanic þō →
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