*þeubaz

Runic: ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈθeu̯.βɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

thief

Etymology

From Pre-Proto-Germanic *tewpós, further origin is unknown. Probably related to Lithuanian tupė́ti (‘to crouch, cower, squat’) (from Proto-Indo-European *tewp- (‘to get down, conceal oneself’)). Alternatively, borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	þeubaz	þeubōz, þeubōs
Acc.	þeubą	þeubanz
Gen.	þeubas, þiubis	þeubǫ̂
Dat.	þeubai	þeubamaz
Inst.	þeubō	þeubamiz
Voc.	þeub	þeubōz, þeubōs

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Descendants

*þeub (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thiof (Old Dutch)
  - dief (Middle Dutch)
    - deef (Limburgish)
*þeub (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thiof (Old Dutch)
  - dief (Middle Dutch)
    - dief (Dutch)
      - dief (Afrikaans)
*þeub (Proto-West Germanic)
- þēof (Old English)
  - thef, theef, þef, þeef, þeof, thief, þief, þyef, thefe, theff, thyef (Middle English)
    - thief (English)
*þeub (Proto-West Germanic)
- þēof (Old English)
  - thef, theef, þef, þeef, þeof, thief, þief, þyef, thefe, theff, thyef (Middle English)
    - theif, theef, theeff, theiff, theiffe, thef, thief, teif, tyif (Middle Scots)
      - thief (Scots)
*þeub (Proto-West Germanic)
- thiāf, tiēf (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - Tjoof (Saterland Frisian)
  - tsjeaf (West Frisian)
*þeub (Proto-West Germanic)
- diob (Old High German)
  - diup, diep (Middle High German)
    - diip (Cimbrian)
    - Dieb (German)
    - Déif (Luxembourgish)
    - Dieb (Pennsylvania German)
    - dīb (Vilamovian)
*þeub (Proto-West Germanic)
- thiof (Old Saxon)
  - dêf, dief (Middle Low German)
    - Deef, Deev, Deew, Deiw (German Low German)
    - Deef, Deiw (Plautdietsch)
    - Däif (Saterland Frisian)
*ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
ᛗᚨᚱᛁᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (mariþeubaʀ) (Proto-Norse)
? (Proto-Norse)
- *þiūβʀ (Old East Norse)
  - tjuov (Elfdalian)
? (Proto-Norse)
- *þiūβʀ (Old East Norse)
  - thiūf, þiufær (Old Danish)
    - tjúv (Scanian)
? (Proto-Norse)
- *þiūβʀ (Old East Norse)
  - thiūf, þiufær (Old Danish)
    - tyv (Danish)
      - tyv (Norwegian Bokmål)
? (Proto-Norse)
- *þiūβʀ (Old East Norse)
  - þiūver, þiuuær, þiuvær (Old Swedish)
    - tjuv, tjuf, tiuf (Swedish)
? (Proto-Norse)
- þiaufr (Old Gutnish)
  - töiv (Gutnish)
? (Proto-Norse)
- þjófr (Old West Norse)
  - tjóvur (Faroese)
  - þjófur (Icelandic)
? (Proto-Norse)
- þjófr (Old West Norse)
  - tjov, tjuv, tjóv’e, tju, tjyv (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    - tjuv (Norwegian Bokmål)
𐌸𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (þiufs) (Gothic)

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