thief adj. stealing: athenena not stealing, not stealthily, openly DN.i.4; DN-a.i.72. f. athenī AN.iii.38. Cp. kumbhatthena Vin.ii.256 (see k.).

Vedic stena & stāyu, besides which tāyu, the latter prob. original, cp. Gr.; τϋτάω to deprive; Oir. tāid thief, to a root meaning “conceal”