Where does “innbruddstyv” come from?
innbruddstyv (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tyv, from Danish tyv, from Old Danish thiuf, from Old Norse þjófr, from Proto-Germanic þeubaz, from Proto-Indo-European tewpó-.
innbruddstyv (Norwegian Bokmål): a burglar, housebreaker
Ancestry of “innbruddstyv”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tyv | a thief |
| 2 | Danish | tyv | thief |
| 3 | Old Danish | thiuf | thief |
| 4 | Old Norse | þjófr | thief |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þeubaz | thief |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tewpó- | — |