leod
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English leod (“people”), from Old English lēode ("people, men"; plural of lēod (“person, man”)), from Proto-Germanic *liudīz (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with Scots lede (“people”), West Frisian lie (“people”), Dutch lieden (“people”) and Dutch lui(den) (“people”), German Leute (“people”), Norwegian lyd (“people”), Polish lud (“people”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: lēd, lē-ōd, IPA(key): /liːd/
- Homophone: lead
Noun
leod (plural leod or leods)
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English lēod "people"
Old English
Etymology
(Closely related to lēode and lēodan.) From Proto-Germanic *liudiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“men, people”). Cognates include Old High German liut, Old Norse ljōðr, and West Frisian -lju; and, outside the Germanic languages, Lithuanian liáudis ‘common people’, Old Church Slavonic l’udъ (Russian люд).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leːod/