Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kwabbā

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-Indo-European *gʷebʰ- (“to sink, submerge, dive”).

Noun

*kwabbā f

anything soft and firmless; a squishy lump, mass, or lobe; flab
soggy ground
(zoology) a bottom-dwelling fish (e.g. burbot); tadpole

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kwabbā
Genitive	*kwabbōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kwabbā	*kwabbōn
Accusative	*kwabbōn	*kwabbōn
Genitive	*kwabbōn	*kwabbōnō
Dative	*kwabbōn	kwabbōm, kwabbum
Instrumental	*kwabbōn	kwabbōm, kwabbum

Derived terms

*kwabbag

Descendants

Old English: *cwabbe
- Middle English: quabbe
  - English: quab, quob
  - → Latin: quabba
Old Frisian: *kwabbe, *quabbe
- Saterland Frisian: Kwabbe
- West Frisian: kwabbe, kwab
Old Saxon: *kwabba, *kwappa
- Middle Low German: quappe, quabbe
  - German Low German: Quabb
  - → Old Danish: kvabbe
  - → Old Swedish: qvappa
    - Swedish: kvabba
⇒ Old Saxon: kwappia, quappia
- Middle Low German: quebbe, queb, quobbe, quöbbe f or n
Old Dutch: *kwabba, *quappa
- Middle Dutch: quabbe, quappe
  - Dutch: kwab
Old High German: kwappa, quappa; kwappo, quappo m
- Middle High German: quappe, kape, kope, quabbe
  - German: Quappe, Quabbe