Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ribi

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 *ribją.

Noun

*ribi n

1. rib

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ribi
Genitive	*ribbjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ribi	*ribbju
Accusative	*ribi	*ribbju
Genitive	*ribbjas	*ribbjō
Dative	*ribbjē	*ribbjum
Instrumental	*ribbju	*ribbjum

Descendants

• Old English: ribb, rib
  • Middle English: ribbe, rib
    • Scots: rib
    • English: rib
• Old Frisian: ribb, rebb, rib, reb
  • North Frisian: robb, rabb
  • Saterland Frisian: Ribbe
  • West Frisian: ribbe
• Old Saxon: ribbi
  • Middle Low German: ribbe, rebbe
    • German Low German: Ribbe, Ribb
    • Low German: Ribbe
    • → Danish: rib
    • → Norwegian: ribbe
    • → Swedish: ribba
• Old Dutch: *ribbi
  • Middle Dutch: ribbe, rebbe
    • Dutch: ribbe, rib
• Old High German: ribi, ribbi, rippi; ribba, rippa
  • Middle High German: ribbe, ribe, rippe
    • German: Rippe; Riebe (obsolete)
    • Luxembourgish: Rëpp
    • Vilamovian: rejw
    • Yiddish: ריפּ (rip)