Proto-Germanic

*þeubaz

‘thief’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *þeubaz.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz, most familiar first.

• thief ← thef ← þēof ← *þeub
• thievish ← thevysch ← thef ← þēof ← *þeub
• thiefly ← thefly ← thef ← þēof ← *þeub

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *þeubaz