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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *þewaz (“servant, slave”).
Noun
*þeu m[1]
- servant, slave
Inflection
| Masculine wa-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*þeu
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| Genitive
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*þewas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*þeu
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*þewō, *þewōs
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| Accusative
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*þeu
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*þewā
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| Genitive
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*þewas
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*þewō
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| Dative
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*þewē
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*þeum
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| Instrumental
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*þeu
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*þeum
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Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *þewaz (“servile, slavish”).
Adjective
*þeu
- servile, slavish
Inflection
| wa-stem
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| Singular
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Masculine
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| Nominative
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*þeu
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| Genitive
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*þewas
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| Singular
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
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*þeu
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*þeu
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*þeu
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| Accusative
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*þewanā
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*þewā
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*þeu
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| Genitive
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*þewas
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*þeweʀā
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*þewas
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| Dative
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*þeumē
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*þeweʀē
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*þeumē
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| Instrumental
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*þeu
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*þeweʀu
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*þeu
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| Plural
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| Nominative
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*þewē
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*þewō
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*þeu
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| Accusative
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*þewā
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*þewā
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*þeu
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| Genitive
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*þeweʀō
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*þeweʀō
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*þeweʀō
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| Dative
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*þewēm, *þeum
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*þewēm, *þeum
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*þewēm, *þeum
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| Instrumental
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*þewēm, *þeum
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*þewēm, *þeum
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*þewēm, *þeum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 43: “PWGmc *þeu”
