LEODE

Leode means humans or people in general.

This word might come from the Corded Ware Culture as it mainly appears among the Balto-Slavic and Germanic group. Around 687 BC there was a Lydian king named Gyges but those are the names from the outside sources. The Lydians called him "𐤨𐤰𐤨𐤠𐤮 (Kukaś)" and Assyrian named him "Gugu king of Luddi". The Lydian language would then mean "The language of the people" or "The people language".

LIU-

Philistine (11th century BC): liudi

Russian: лю́ди (ljúdi)

Old Saxon: liud, liudi

Serbo-Croatian: љу̑ди, ljȗdi

Old High German: liut, liuti

Old Dutch: liud, liudi

Belarusian: лю́дзі (ljúdzi)

Old East Slavic: людиѥ (ljudije), люди (ljudi)

Old Church Slavonic: людиѥ (ljudije)

Bulgarian: лю́де (ljúde), лю́ди (ljúdi)

Slovene: ljudjẹ̑

Old Frisian: liūde

Saterland Frisian: Ljuude

West Frisian: lju

Middle High German: liut

Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 (liuþs), 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (liudeis)

Church Slavonic: людъ (ljudŭ)

Belarusian: люд (ljud)

Russian: люд (ljud)

Ukrainian: люд (ljud)

Bulgarian: люд (ljud)

Serbo-Croatian: ljud

Slovene: ljȗd

Ukrainian: лю́ди (ljúdy)

LU-

Old Prussian: ludis

Chakavian (Vrgada, Orbanići): ļȗdi

Old Polish: ludzie

Polish: ludzie

Slovak: ľudia

Old Czech: ľudie

Old Czech: ľud

Old Polish: lud

Polish: lud

Slovak: ľud

Slovincian: lʉ̇́d

Upper Sorbian: lud

Lower Sorbian: lud

Upper Sorbian: ludźo

Lower Sorbian: luźe

Middle Low German: lüde, luede, luide

German Low German: Lüüd, Lüü

Low German: lüüd, lüüt

Macedonian: луѓе (luǵe)

LE-

Old English: lēod, lēode

Middle English: leod, leode, led, lede

English: leod, lede

Scots: lede, leid, luid

Medieval Latin: leodēs, leudēs

German: Leute

Luxembourgish: Leit

Ancient Greek: ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros) ("free")

LO-

Gutnish: löid

Norn: lø

Central Franconian: Löck, Leit

Konkani: लोक (lok)

Hindi: लोक (lok)

Marathi: लोक (lok)

Punjabi: ਲੋਕ (lōk)

Urdu: لوگ‎‎ (log)

LIO-

Old Frisian: liōd, liōde

East Frisian: ljode

Old Norse: ljóðr, lýðr

LIE-

West Frisian: lie, ljuwe

Middle Dutch: liede, lude, lie, lu

Dutch: lieden, luiden, lui

LY-

Icelandic: lýður

Faroese: -lýður (in borgarlýður, kirkjulýður, undirlýður), lýð- (in lýðveldi)

Norwegian Nynorsk: lyd

Old Swedish: lyþir

LI-

Latin: līber ("free")

Middle English: lith, lyth

Czech: lid

Czech: lidé

Lithuanian: liaudis

LA-

Latvian: ļaudis

Polabian: ľaudai, ľaudi

Slovincian: lȧ̃ʒä

Article published on the 30th of October 2018.