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Where does “þeudō” come from?

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

þeudō (Proto-Germanic): people, tribe

Definitions

  1. people, tribe

Ancestry of “þeudō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
2Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “þeudō”

  • Dutch
  • thud
  • Teutonic
  • Dutchman
  • thudding
  • Teuton
  • dutch
  • thede
  • thuddingly
  • Teutonically
  • Teutonize
  • Teutophobia
  • Teutonicism
  • Dutch nightingale
  • German Order
  • Flying Dutchman
  • Teuto-
  • bedutch
  • Panteutonic
  • Teutonicize
  • Teutonicise
  • Theodoric
  • Teutones
  • Teutoni
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