Where does “tiuvel” come from?
tiuvel (Middle High German) comes from Old High German tiufal, from Proto-West Germanic diubul, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ-, from Ancient Greek διά, from Proto-Indo-European dwís — two.
Ancestry of “tiuvel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | tiufal | devil |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | diubul | devil |
| 3 | Latin | diabolus | devil |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | διάβολος | slanderous; libellous; slanderer; the Devil |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |