Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.

Noun

*ᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (*þeubaʀ) m

1. thief

Derived terms

• ᛗᚨᚱᛁᚦᛖᚢᛒᚨᛉ (mariþeubaʀ, “Sea/glory-thief”) (male given name)

Descendants

• Old West Norse: þjófr
  • Icelandic: þjófur
  • Faroese: tjóvur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjov, tjuv; (dialectal) tjóv’e, tju, tjyv
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: tjuv
• Old East Norse: *þiūβʀ
  • Elfdalian: tjuov
  • Old Swedish: þiūver, þiuuær, þiuvær
    • Swedish: tjuv, (archaic or obsolete) tjuf, tiuf
  • Old Danish: thiūf, (Scanian) þiufær
    • Scanian: tjúv
    • Danish: tyv
      • Norwegian Bokmål: tyv
• Old Gutnish: þiaufr
  • Gutnish: töiv