leod
English
/liːd/
noun
Definitions
- (collectively) People, folk.
- (obsolete) A people, nation, people group.
- (obsolete) A man, person.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English leod (people) inherited from Old English lēode (people, men) inherited from Proto-Germanic *liudīz, *liudiz (people) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (people, men, man, grow), *h₁lewdʰ- (people, men, man, grow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁lewdʰ-
Gloss
people, men, man, grow
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
民
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- liuta Finnish
- Liber Latin
- liberalis, līberālis Latin
- līber Latin
- līber, liber, līberum Latin
- Feuerwehrleute German
- Geschäftsleute German
- Leute German
- leutselig German
- Luilekkerland Dutch, Flemish
- aartslui Dutch, Flemish
- bestuurslui Dutch, Flemish
- buitenlui Dutch, Flemish
- gijlieden Dutch, Flemish
- gijlui Dutch, Flemish
- hunlieden Dutch, Flemish
- hunlui Dutch, Flemish
- lieden Dutch, Flemish
- lui Dutch, Flemish
- luiaard Dutch, Flemish
- luiheid Dutch, Flemish
- ului Dutch, Flemish
- wijlui Dutch, Flemish
- zijlui Dutch, Flemish
- люди Russian
- libre Spanish, Castilian
- ἐλεύθερος Ancient Greek
- ἔπηλυς Ancient Greek
- *h₁lewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁lewdʰ-er-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁lewdʰ-er-tos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ludʰét Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁léwdʰ-or-teh₂-t-s Proto-Indo-European
- *Liudiharjaz Proto-Germanic
- *leudaną Proto-Germanic
- *liudiz Proto-Germanic
- *liudīz, *liudiz Proto-Germanic
- Ludmiła Polish
- bezludny Polish
- lud Polish
- ludobójca Polish
- ludobójstwo Polish
- ludojad Polish
- ludowy Polish
- ludożerca Polish
- odludek Polish
- odludny Polish
- lēode Old English
- रोपण Sanskrit
- lede Middle English
- leed Middle English
- leod Middle English
- leodlich Middle English
- loðinn Old Norse
- *ľudina Proto-Slavic
- *ľudъ Proto-Slavic
- *ľudьje Proto-Slavic
- liede Middle Dutch
- loy Middle Dutch
- liut Old High German
- liuti Old High German
- liute Middle High German
- Leit Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- לודים Hebrew (modern)
- liaudis Lithuanian
- *(a)lei- Proto-Albanian
- *laudnja Proto-Albanian
- *lèud-no Proto-Albanian
- *lut- Proto-Tocharian