Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/abjǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *abjô m

Etymology

From earlier *abjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂épyeh₂, from *h₂epó (“from, off, away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑβ.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*abjǭ f

1. ebb

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *abjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*abjǭ	*abjōniz
vocative	*abjǭ	*abjōniz
accusative	*abjōnų	*abjōnunz
genitive	*abjōniz	*abjōnǫ̂
dative	*abjōni	*abjōmaz
instrumental	*abjōnē	*abjōmiz

Related terms

• *ab

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *abbjā
  • Old English: ebba m
    • Middle English: ebbe
      • English: ebb
      • Scots: ebb, eb
  • Old Frisian: *ebbe f; ebba m
    • North Frisian: ebe
    • Saterland Frisian: Äbbe f
    • West Frisian: ebbe
  • Old Saxon: *ebbia; (ebbiunga)
    • Middle Low German: ebbe f
      • German Low German: Ebbe
      • → German: Ebbe
      • → Danish: ebbe
      • → Swedish: ebb
  • Old Dutch: *ebba
    • Middle Dutch: ebbe
      • Dutch: eb
  • Old High German: *ebba (suggested by derivatives: ebbunga; firebbēn)
• Old Norse: efja f
  • Icelandic: efja
  • Faroese: evja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: evje
  • Norwegian: ave m (dialectal)
  • Old Swedish: æfia
    • Swedish: ävja
• → Proto-Samic: *vuopējē (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Finnic: *apaja (see there for further descendants)