Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þeubaz

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 Pre-Proto-Germanic *tewpós, further origin is unknown. Probably related to Lithuanian tupė́ti (“to crouch, cower, squat”) (from Proto-Indo-European *tewp- (“to get down, conceal oneself”)).[1][2] Alternatively, borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθeu̯.βɑz/

Noun

*þeubaz m

  1. thief

Inflection

Declension of *þeubaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þeubaz *þeubōz, *þeubōs
vocative *þeub *þeubōz, *þeubōs
accusative *þeubą *þeubanz
genitive *þeubas, *þiubis *þeubǫ̂
dative *þeubai *þeubamaz
instrumental *þeubō *þeubamiz

Derived terms

  • *þubōną

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þeuba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 539
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1085”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1085
  3. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dief”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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