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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse þjóð f (“people, nation”), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda).
Pronunciation
Noun
tjod n (singular definite tjodet, plural indefinite tjod)
- (historical, obsolete) a people, nation (of tribes in prehistoric Europe)
1931, Sønderjyllands Historie fremstillet for det danske Folk, volume 1, page 189:Og Resultatet har været, at Tjodene i Sydslesvig — Angler og Svaver — vedvarende har kunnet raade den Flod, som aabnede Døren for dem til Vesteuropa: Ejderen.- Consequently, the thiods in Southern Schleswig - the Angles and the Suebes - have been able to rule the river that opened the door to Western Europe: the Eider.
1941, Vilhelm Lacour, Schultz Danmarkshistorie, volume 1, Copenhagen, page 342:Et Tjod er i flere Henseender det samme, som vi paa Nydansk kalder et Folk; men det er ikke saa omfattende som Folket og fortjener derfor sit eget Navn- A thiod is in many ways the same as what we call a folk in Modern Danish; but is not as comprehensive as the folk, and therefore it deserves its own name.
Declension
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse þjóð (“people, nation”), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“tribe”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda) and Icelandic þjóð.
Pronunciation
Noun
tjod f (definite singular tjoda, indefinite plural tjoder, definite plural tjodene)
- (dated) a people, nation
References
- “tjod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse þjóð (“people, nation”), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“tribe”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda) and Icelandic þjóð.
Noun
tjod f
- (obsolete) a people, nation