Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þeutā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel, flow”).

Noun

*þeutā f

pipe

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þeutā
Genitive	*þeutōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þeutā	*þeutōn
Accusative	*þeutōn	*þeutōn
Genitive	*þeutōn	*þeutōnō
Dative	*þeutōn	*þeutōm
Instrumental	*þeutōn	*þeutōm

Descendants

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)

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