Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þebu
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editUnknown; compare *þebōn (“to be heated”), but the semantic gap is hard to bridge.
Noun
edit*þebu f
Inflection
editō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *þebu | |
Genitive | *þebā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *þebu | *þebō |
Accusative | *þebā | *þebā |
Genitive | *þebā | *þebō |
Dative | *þebē | *þebōm, *þebum |
Instrumental | *þebu | *þebōm, *þebum |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Norbruis, Stefan (2015) “ei”, in Etymological Dictionary of West Frisian Farming Vocabulary[1], Leiden: Leiden University, page 19: “F. teew, E. theave < *tebō?”.