Etymology

Teufel

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

German Teufe ← Middle High German tiuvel ← Old High German tiufal
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  4. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  5. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
  8. Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
  9. Ancient Greekδιαβάλλω (diabállō)
  10. Ancient Greekδιάβολος (diábolos)
  11. Latindiabolus
  12. Proto-West Germanic*diubul
  13. Old High Germantiufal
  14. Middle High Germantiuvel
  15. GermanTeufe
  16. English todayTeufel

Borrowed from German Teufel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.