Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þiubiþō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *þeubaz (“thief”) +‎ *-iþō, and/or *þiubijaną (“to thieve”) +‎ *-iþō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiu̯.βi.θɔː/

Noun

*þiubiþō f

1. the state or condition of a thief; thiefdom
2. theft

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *þiubiþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þiubiþō	*þiubiþôz
vocative	*þiubiþō	*þiubiþôz
accusative	*þiubiþǭ	*þiubiþōz
genitive	*þiubiþōz	*þiubiþǫ̂
dative	*þiubiþōi	*þiubiþōmaz
instrumental	*þiubiþō	*þiubiþōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þiubiþu
  • Old English: þīefþ, þȳfþ, þīfþ, þēofþ, þēoft
    • Middle English: theft, thefte, þefte, þefþe, þiefþe
      • 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
• Old Norse: þýfð, þýft
  • Icelandic: þýfð, þýft
  • Old Swedish: þyft, þiuft