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

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