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Where does “þēof” come from?

þēof (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic þeub, from Proto-Germanic þeubaz, from Proto-Indo-European tewpó-.

þēof (Old English): thief

Definitions

  1. thief

Ancestry of “þēof”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþeubthief
2Proto-Germanicþeubazthief
3Proto-Indo-Europeantewpó-—

Words derived from “þēof”

  • thief
  • thieves
  • thievish
  • horsethief
  • thievishness
  • thievishly
  • thieflike
  • cyberthief
  • outfangthief
  • thiefdom
  • thiefly
  • thiefproof
  • thiefless
  • spellthief
  • thiefship
  • thiefness
  • thiefhood
  • thef
  • thefly
  • theef
  • þef
  • thevysch
  • tif
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