Old English

Noun

þēaw m ‎(nominative plural þēawas)

1. habit, customs
2. (in the plural) customs, virtue

Descendants

• English: thew

References

1. ↑ attested as ka-dau, ka-thau; in EWAhd tentatively identified as a reflex of an s-less variant of PIE (s)tāu- (s)te- ‎(“to stand, place”). Köbler, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014 s.v. "dou", citing Lloyd et al. (eds.), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (EWAhd) vol. 2 (1998), p. 741.