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Where does “thiāf” come from?

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

Ancestry of “thiāf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “thiāf”

  • Däiweräi
  • Däif
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