Where does “þiufær” come from?

þiufær (Old Danish) comes from Old East Norse *þiauβʀ, from Proto-Germanic þeubaz, from Proto-Indo-European tewpó-.

þiufær (Old Danish): thief

Definitions

  1. thief

Ancestry of “þiufær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Norse*þiauβʀ—
2Proto-Germanicþeubazthief
3Proto-Indo-Europeantewpó-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewpó- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þeubaz →Every word from Old East Norse *þiauβʀ →