Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þeutā

This Proto-West 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

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

Noun

*þeutā f

1. pipe

Declension

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

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)