Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þeub

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 *þeubaz.

Noun

*þeub m

1. thief

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þeub, *þeuba
Genitive	*þeubas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þeub, *þeuba	*þeubōs
Accusative	*þeub, *þeuba	*þeubā
Genitive	*þeubas	*þeubō
Dative	*þeubē	*þeubum
Instrumental	*þeubu	*þeubum

Descendants

• Old English: þēof, ðīof
  • Middle English: thef, theef, þef, þeef, þeof, thief, þief, þyef (Kent, Essex), thefe, theff, thyef (Late Middle English)
    • English: thief
    • Middle Scots: theif, theef, theeff, theiff, theiffe, thef (early), thief (Anglicised), teif, tyif (Galloway)
      • Scots: thief
• Old Frisian: thiāf, tiēf
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: tiif

  • Saterland Frisian: Tjoof
  • West Frisian: tsjeaf
• Old Saxon: thiof
  • Middle Low German: dêf, dief
    • German Low German: Deef, Deev, Deew, Deiw
    • Plautdietsch: Deef, Deiw
    • → Saterland Frisian: Däif
• Old Dutch: *thiof
  • Middle Dutch: dief
    • Dutch: dief
      • Afrikaans: dief
    • Limburgish: deef
• Old High German: diob
  • Middle High German: diup, diep
    • Cimbrian: diip
    • German: Dieb
    • Luxembourgish: Déif
    • Pennsylvania German: Dieb
    • Vilamovian: dīb