Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habbjō

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 edit

Alternative forms edit

  • *haffjō, *habuz, *hafuz, *haffju

Etymology edit

From *habbjan (to lift, raise) +‎ *-ō.[1]

Noun edit

*habbjō m[1]

  1. barm, yeast
    Synonyms: *bermō, *jestu

Declension edit

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *habbjō
Genitive *habbjini, *habbjan
Singular Plural
Nominative *habbjō *habbjan
Accusative *habbjan *habbjan
Genitive *habbjini, *habbjan *habbjanō
Dative *habbjini, *habbjan *habbjum
Instrumental *habbjini, *habbjan *habbjum

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Hefe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 29:wg. *haf-jön