Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þiubiþō

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þiubiþō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 +‎ *-iþō, or perhaps *þiubijaną +‎ *-iþō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiu̯.βi.ðɔː/

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

• 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 Norse: þýfð, þýft
  • Icelandic: þýfð, þýft
  • Old Swedish: þyft, þiuft