Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dūbā

This Proto-West Germanic 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

Noun

*dūbā f

1. dove, pigeon

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dūbā
Genitive	*dūbōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dūbā	*dūbōn
Accusative	*dūbōn	*dūbōn
Genitive	*dūbōn	*dūbōnō
Dative	*dūbōn	*dūbōm, *dūbum
Instrumental	*dūbōn	*dūbōm, *dūbum

Descendants

• Old English: *dūfe
  • Middle English: douve, dove, duve, dowve, dowe, doufe, douf
    • English: dove
    • Scots: doo, dow
• Old Frisian: *dūve, *dūe
  • Saterland Frisian: Dúve
  • West Frisian: do
• Old Saxon: dūva
  • Middle Low German: dūve
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Duuv
      • Dutch Low Saxon: duve, doeve
      • Plautdietsch: Duw, Düw, Duuv, Düüv, Duuw, Düüw, Duv, Düv
    • → Estonian: tuvi
• Old Dutch: dūva
  • Middle Dutch: duve
    • Dutch: duif
      • Afrikaans: duif
      • Negerhollands: dufje, difi, diffie
      • → Sranan Tongo: doifi
    • Limburgish: doef
• Old High German: tūba; (West Central German) dūva
  • Middle High German: tūbe, dūve
    • Bavarian: Taubm, Daum, Taubn
    • Alemannic German: Tuub, Duub; Duube; Düüwe; Daup; Taub; Tuube; Tube; Tubo
    • German: Taube
    • Central Franconian: Duuv, Dauv
      • Kirchröadsj: Doef
      • Luxembourgish: Dauf
    • Rhine Franconian: daup, dǫup
      • Pennsylvania German: Daub
    • Swabian: Taub, Daup
    • Vilamovian: tue, taoj
    • Yiddish: טויב (toyb)