þeo in Old English

IPA: /θe͜oː/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *þeu, from Proto-Germanic *þewaz, probably from earlier *þegwaz, *þehwaz (“runner, gofer”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run”). Cognate with Old High German dio, Proto-Norse ᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (þewaʀ) (whence Old Norse -þér). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*þeu}} Proto-West Germanic *þeu, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*þewaz}} Proto-Germanic *þewaz, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*tekʷ-|t=to run}} Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run”), {{cog|goh|dio}} Old High German dio, {{cog|gmq-pro|ᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ}} Proto-Norse ᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (þewaʀ), {{cog|non|-þér}} Old Norse -þér Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=þēo|head2=|sort=}} þēo m, {{ang-noun|m|head=þēo}} þēo m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|þēo|þeowas|þēo|þeowas|þeowes|þeowa|þeowe|þeowum}} Forms: þēo [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], þēo [nominative, singular], þeowas [nominative, plural], þēo [accusative, singular], þeowas [accusative, plural], þeowes [genitive, singular], þeowa [genitive, plural], þeowe [dative, singular], þeowum [dative, plural]

Pronoun

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"þeo" meaning in Old English

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