Etymology Explorer › Old Swedish

Where does “þiuver” come from?

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

þiuver (Old Swedish): thief

Definitions

  1. thief

Ancestry of “þiuver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþjófrthief
2Proto-Germanicþeubazthief
3Proto-Indo-Europeantewpó-—

Words derived from “þiuver”

  • tjuv
  • tjuvsena
  • tjuvlyssna
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