Type Word Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "of the people, of the tribe" [1][2]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesthiudisc(Old Dutch) diutisk(Old High German) þýðverskr(Old Norse) Place Name DescendantsTyskland(Danish) Duitsland(Dutch) Deutschland(German) Doitsu(Japanese) Dogil(Korean) Däitschland(Luxembourgish) Tyskland(Norwegian) Tyskland(Swedish) Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 540. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 422.