Where does “tēve” come from?

tēve (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon tiva, from Proto-West Germanic tibā, from Proto-Germanic tibǭ — bitch.

Ancestry of “tēve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxontiva—
2Proto-West Germanictibābitch, female dog
3Proto-Germanictibǭbitch

Words derived from “tēve”

Every word from Proto-Germanic tibǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tibā →Every word from Old Saxon tiva →