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Where does “ťudь” come from?

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

ťudь (Proto-Slavic): foreign, alien, strange

Definitions

  1. foreign, alien, strange

Ancestry of “ťudь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gothic𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰people, tribe; the heathen
2Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
3Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “ťudь”

  • чужой
  • cudzy
  • cudzysłów
  • туђ
  • tuđ
  • cizost
  • cizina
  • cizí
  • cizinec
  • cizopasník
  • cizopasnictví
  • туѓ
  • cudzina
  • cudzinec
  • cudzí
  • cudzinka
  • cuzy
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