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The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*tewtéh₂“tribe”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*þeudō“people, tribe”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*þeudu
4. Old English · learned borrowing fromþēod“language”
5. English todaytheed

Learned borrowing from Old English þēod (“language”), from Proto-West Germanic *þeudu, from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people, tribe”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“tribe”).

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