Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þiubiþu

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 *þiubiþō (“theft”). Equivalent to *þeub (“thief”) +‎ *-iþu.

Noun

*þiubiþu f

theft

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þiubiþu
Genitive	*þiubiþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þiubiþu	*þiubiþō
Accusative	*þiubiþā	*þiubiþā
Genitive	*þiubiþā	*þiubiþō
Dative	*þiubiþē	þiubiþōm, þiubiþum
Instrumental	*þiubiþu	þiubiþōm, þiubiþum

Descendants

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: thiuvethe, thiuvede, thiufthe, tiefte
Old Saxon: *thiuvitha
- Middle Low German: dü̂vede, dêfte
Old Dutch: *thiuvitha
- Middle Dutch: diefte
  - Dutch: diefte (dialectal)
Old High German: *diubida
- Middle High German: diubede
  - German: Diebde

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