Type Word Usage Old Norse [1] Meaning & History Old Norse word meaning "German". Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesthiudisc(Old Dutch) þeudiskaz(Old Germanic) diutisk(Old High German) Place Name DescendantsTyskland(Danish) Tyskland(Norwegian) Tyskland(Swedish) Sources & References Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 422.