Teuton
nounEtymology
PIE word *tewtéh₂ Attested since 1720, from Latin Teutonēs, Teutonī (“the Teutons”) (cf. Ancient Greek Τεύτονες (Teútones)), a Germanic or Celtic tribe that inhabited a coastal area in today's Germany and devastated Gaul between 113 and 101 BCE. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”), from which come: * Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people”) ** Old English þēod (“nation, people, country, language”), Middle English thede ** Proto-Germanic *þeudanaz (“ruler, leader of the people”) *** Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 (þiudans, “king”) *** Old Norse þjóðann (“prince, king”) *** Old Saxon þiudan (“lord of the people, ruler”) *** Old English þēoden (“king, lord”) ** Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people or tribe”) *** English Dutch *** German deutsch * Proto-Celtic *toutā ** Old Irish túath * Persian توده (tôda, tude, “heap, masses, people, folk”) * Proto-Slavic *ťuďь (“foreign, strange”) ** Russian чужо́й (čužój, “stranger”), чудно (čudno, “strange”), чу́до (čúdo, “miracle”)
Definitions
A member of an early Germanic tribe living in Jutland noted in historical writings by…
A member of an early Germanic tribe living in Jutland noted in historical writings by Greek and Roman authors.
- Some fifteen hundred years ago, the Teuton tribes of Northern Europe held an annual ceremony.[…]We can't presume to understand all that this specific ritual meant to the Teutons nor precisely what their expectations might have been.
A member of the Teutonic Order.
- The third threat, from the Teutonic Knights of Germany, was the worst, because the Crusader Teutons wanted not only Russian land but also to kill off the people of Russia because they were a different kind of Christian from them!
A member of any Germanic-language-speaking people, especially a German.
- Every Teuton must fall on his face before an inferior Teuton; until they all find, in the foul marshes towards the Baltic, the very lowest of all possible Teutons, and worship him--and find he is a Slav. So much for Pan-Germanism.
- The history of the Teutons, or Germans, as they are more commonly called, is very much like that of the Bantu in central Africa.
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Synonym of Teutonic.
- While some families of the oldest Welsh stocks talk English only, a large number, whose forefathers were Teuton, Norse, or Irish, now converse in Cymraeg.
The neighborhood
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at Teuton. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at teuton. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at teuton
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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