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

the state or condition of a thief; thiefdom
theft

Inflection

Declension 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: thefte, theffte, theft, thifthe, þeefte, þeft, þeofþe, þeuft, þiefþe, þifte, þyefþe
    - English: theft
    - Scots: thift, theft
- Old Frisian: thiubda, thiuvethe, thiuvede, thiufthe, tiefte
- Old Saxon: *thiuvitha
  - Middle Low German: dü̂vede, dêfte
- Old Dutch: *thiuvitha
  - Middle Dutch: diefte
    - Dutch: diefte (dialectal)
      - Afrikaans: diefte
- Old High German: *diubida
  - Middle High German: diubede
    - German: Diebde
Old Norse: þýfð, þýft
- Icelandic: þýfð, þýft
- Old Swedish: þyft, þiuft
  - Swedish: tjuft