Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þiubiþu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō (“theft”). Equivalent to *þeub (“thief”) +‎ *-iþu.

Noun

*þiubiþu f

1. theft

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þiubiþu
Genitive	*þiubiþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þiubiþu	*þiubiþō
Accusative	*þiubiþā	*þiubiþā
Genitive	*þiubiþā	*þiubiþō
Dative	*þiubiþē	*þiubiþōm, *þiubiþum
Instrumental	*þiubiþu	*þiubiþōm, *þiubiþum

Descendants

• Old English: þīefþ, þȳfþ, þīfþ, þēofþ, þēoft
  • Middle English: thefte, theffte, theft, thifthe, þeefte, þeft, þeofþe, þeuft, þiefþe, þifte, þyefþe
    • English: theft
    • Scots: thift, theft
• Old Frisian: thiuvethe, thiuvede, thiufthe, tiefte
• Old Saxon: *thiuvitha
  • Middle Low German: dü̂vede, dêfte
• Old Dutch: *thiuvitha
  • Middle Dutch: diefte
    • Dutch: diefte (dialectal)
• Old High German: *diubida
  • Middle High German: diubede
    • German: Diebde