deu

¦∑¦ de + u;

¦∅¦ ¦↵¦ Ermittlung der Grundbedeutung deu zu deut, zu deutsch ist noch in Arbeit;

¦√¦

uig. *tewh₂- uig *tewh₂-t-, ⇒? zu *tew(h₂)-t-eh₂ (“Menge, Volk, Leute”)

Persian توده‎ (tōda, “masses; heap; stack, hill, rick, tumulus”)

Hittite  (tuzziš, “army; camp”) with the semantic shift "people" > "army" > "camp" has been criticized to be unlikely (the normal development would be "camp" > "army").

*tewH- (“to look favorably; protect; observe”)^[5] +‎ *-téh₂

In Zusammenhang sthende Wörter

• *déh₂mos (“segment (of people)”)
  • Ancient Greek: δῆμος (dêmos)
• *h₁léwdʰis (“people”)
  • Old Church Slavonic: людиѥ (ljudije)
• *pleh₁dʰwéh₁s (“mass (of people)”)
  • Latin: plēbs