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Where does “þjófr” come from?

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

þjófr (Old Norse): thief

Definitions

  1. thief

Ancestry of “þjófr”, step by step

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

Words derived from “þjófr”

  • Fritiof
  • tjuvlyssna
  • tjuv
  • tjuvsena
  • butikktjuv
  • tjuv
  • innbruddstyv
  • tyv
  • butikktjuv
  • tjuv
  • Frithjof
  • snigtyv
  • tyv
  • búðarþjófur
  • þjófur
  • vasaþjófur
  • Alþjófr
  • Friðþjófr
  • Fridtjof
  • tjyv
  • tjyfspȧrr
  • þiuver
  • thiuf
  • þiufær
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