*þewaz

Runic: ᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈθe.wɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

slave, servant

Etymology

Uncertain; the quasi-Indo-European reconstruction is *tew-o-s. Possibly either from earlier *þegwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (‘to run’), or from *tew(h₂)- (‘to swell, grow’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.þewazþewōz, þewōs
Acc.þewąþewanz
Gen.þewas, þiwisþewǫ̂
Dat.þewaiþewamaz
Inst.þewōþewamiz
Voc.þewþewōz, þewōs

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Descendants

  • *þeu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • deo (Old High German)
  • *þeu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • þēow, þēo (Old English)
      • theow, thew (Middle English)
        • theow (English)
  • ᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ (þewaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • -þér (Old Norse)
  • 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐍃 (þius) (Gothic)

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