þjóð

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse þjóð (“people, nation”), from Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θjouːð/ Rhymes: -ouːð === Noun === þjóð f (genitive singular þjóðar, nominative plural þjóðir) a people, a nation Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Icelandic, English) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === þióð, þioð — manuscript spelling þeóð — First Grammarian === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“tribe”), not to be confused with þjóð- (“very (good)”), from *þiudijaz. More at Middle English thede. === Noun === þjóð f a people ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== þjóðann m (“prince, ruler”) þýðverskr (“german”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: þjóð Faroese: tjóð Norwegian Nynorsk: tjod Old Swedish: þiōþ Swedish: tjod Old Danish: thjuth Danish: Thy (place name) Old Gutnish: þiauþ Gutnish: tjaud === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þjóð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 512; also available at the Internet Archive J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on þjóð.