Reconstruction:Old English/cwabbe

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kwabbā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑb.be/

Noun

*cwabbe f

1. soft marshy ground

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

	singular	plural
nominative	*cwabbe	*cwabban
accusative	*cwabban	*cwabban
genitive	*cwabban	*cwabbena
dative	*cwabban	*cwabbum

Descendants

• Middle English: quabbe
  • English: quab, quob
    • ⇒ English: quabmire, quagmire
      • ⇒ English: quag
  • → Latin: quabba