Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “thiof” come from?

thiof (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic þeubaz, from Proto-Indo-European tewpó-.

Ancestry of “thiof”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþeubazthief
2Proto-Indo-Europeantewpó-—

Words derived from “thiof”

  • Täschendéif
  • Déif
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