tiufal

Old High German

Alternative forms

• tiwal

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *diubul; see modern German Teufel for more. The word might have adopted its -f- by association with tiof (“deep”), as the expected form would be *tiubal.

Noun

tiufal m (plural tiufala)

1. devil

Declension

Declension of tiufal (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	tiufal	tiufala
accusative	tiufal	tiufala
genitive	tiufales	tiufalo
dative	tiufale	tiufalum
instrumental	tiufalu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: tiuvel, tievel
  • Alemannic German: Tüüfel
    • Swabian: Deifel
  • Bavarian: Deiwi, Deifi, Teifi
    • Cimbrian: taüvl
  • Central Franconian: Düüvel, Deuvel, Deivel
    • Hunsrik: Deivel
    • Luxembourgish: Däiwel
  • East Central German: Deibel, Teibel, Teifel
    • Vilamovian: tojfuł
    • → German: Deibel
  • German: Teufel
  • Rhine Franconian: Deiwel
    • Pennsylvania German: Deiwel
  • Yiddish: טײַוול (tayvl)