Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/eutaz

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.

Of uncertain and disputed origin, the name has been connected to several different Germanic names and words, such as Old Saxon Eucii, Old Norse jǫtunn (“jotun”), Old English eoten (“monster, giant”), from Proto-Germanic *etunaz, from Proto-Germanic *etaną (“to eat”), or possibly related to Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈeu̯.tɑz/

*eutaz m

1. Jute

• Proto-West Germanic: *eut
  • Old English: Ēotas (plural)
  • German: Jüte
• Old Norse: jótar (plural)
  • Icelandic: Jóti
  • Faroese: júti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jute
  • Old Danish: iutæ
    • Danish: jyde
      • Norwegian Bokmål: jyde
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: jyde
  • Old Swedish: iūte
    • Swedish: jute (pl. jutar)
• → Latin: Iutae, Iutī (both plural)
  • → English: Jute
  • → Dutch: Juut

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• Stenton, Frank M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England, 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.