Where does “dief” come from?

dief (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch thiof, from Proto-West Germanic þeub, from Proto-Germanic þeubaz, from Proto-Indo-European tewpó-.

dief (Middle Dutch): thief

Definitions

  1. thief

Ancestry of “dief”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchthiof—
2Proto-West Germanicþeubthief
3Proto-Germanicþeubazthief
4Proto-Indo-Europeantewpó-—

Words derived from “dief”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewpó- →