tiufal

Old High German

Alternative forms

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 tiufalā, tiufala
    accusative tiufal tiufalā, tiufala
    genitive tiufales tiufalo
    dative tiufale tiufalum
    instrumental tiufalu —

    Descendants

    • Middle High German: tiuvel, tievel
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