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)

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)