Etymology Explorer › Old Danish

Where does “thiuf” come from?

thiuf (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse þjófr, from Proto-Germanic þeubaz, from Proto-Indo-European tewpó-.

thiuf (Old Danish): thief

Definitions

  1. thief

Ancestry of “thiuf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþjófrthief
2Proto-Germanicþeubazthief
3Proto-Indo-Europeantewpó-—

Words derived from “thiuf”

  • tyv
  • innbruddstyv
  • tyv
  • snigtyv
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewpó- →