Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þeub

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.

Noun

*þeub m

thief

Inflection

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

Descendants

Old English: þēof
- Middle English: thef, theef, theff, thyef, þef, þeef, þief, þyef, þeof, thefe
  - English: thief
  - Scots: thef, theif, thief
Old Frisian: thiāf
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: tiif
- Saterland Frisian: Däif
- West Frisian: tsjeaf
Old Saxon: thiof
- Middle Low German: dēf, dief
  - German Low German: Deef, Deev, Deew, Deiw
  - Plautdietsch: Deef, Deiw
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