Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOne who carries out a theft. · One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence. · A waster in the snuff of a candle.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *þeubaz Proto-West Germanic *þeub Old English þēof Middle English thef English thief From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tjoof (“thief”), West Frisian tsjeaf (“thief”), Dutch dief (“thief”), Low German Deef, Deev (“thief”), German Dieb (“thief”), Danish tyv (“thief”), Swedish tjuv (“thief”), Icelandic þjófur (“thief”).
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- Inherited-form mentionthefenm
- Inherited-form mentionþēofang
- Inherited-form mention*þeubgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*þeubazgem-pro
- Cognate mentionTjoofstq · thief
- Cognate mentiontsjeaffy · thief
- Cognate mentiondiefnl · thief
- Cognate mentionDeefnds
- Cognate mentionDiebde · thief
- Cognate mentiontyvda · thief
- Cognate mentiontjuvsv · thief
- Cognate mentionþjófuris · thief
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