Where does “diefte” come from?
diefte (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch thiuvitha, from Proto-Germanic þiubiþō, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.
diefte (Middle Dutch): theft
Ancestry of “diefte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | thiuvitha | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þiubiþō | The state or condition of a thief; thiefdom;... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -iþō | -ness, -th |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -iteh₂ | -th |
Words derived from “diefte”