Where does “thiof” come from?

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

thiof (Old Saxon): thief

Definitions

  1. thief

Ancestry of “thiof”, step by step

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

Words derived from “thiof”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewpó- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þeubaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þeub →