Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þeutǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *þeutaną (“to sound, howl, roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *tu-, *tutu- (“bird-cry, shriek”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθeu̯.tɔ̃ː/

Noun

*þeutǭ f

That which causes a whirring, whistling, roaring, or rushing sound
A pipe
A stream; channel

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *þeutǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þeutǭ	*þeutōniz
vocative	*þeutǭ	*þeutōniz
accusative	*þeutōnų	*þeutōnunz
genitive	*þeutōniz	*þeutōnǫ̂
dative	*þeutōni	*þeutōmaz
instrumental	*þeutōnē	*þeutōmiz

Synonyms

(pipe, tube, channel): *dulją, *falhuz
(stream): *bakiz, *brunnô, *flaumaz, *lōkiz, *sīką, *straumaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *þeutā
- Old English: þēote
  - Middle English: theote
- Old Frisian: *thiāte, *thūte
  - Saterland Frisian: Tütjen, Tüütjen (possibly borrowed)
  - West Frisian: tute, tút (possibly borrowed)
- Old Saxon: *thiota, *thūta
  - Middle Low German: tûte
    - German Low German: Tute, Tuut
    - → German: Tüte
    - → Danish: tud
    - → Swedish: tut
- Old Dutch: *thūta
  - Middle Dutch: tūte
    - Dutch: tuit
- Old High German: *thioza, *dioza (in compounds: watardioza)
- → Vulgar Latin: *tūta
  - ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *tūtellus (see there for further descendants)