Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nabją

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

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Proto-Germanic *snabulaz (“snout”), Lithuanian snãpas (“snout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑβ.jɑ̃/

Noun

*nabją n

1. (of a bird) beak
2. (of a human) nose

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension of *nabją (neuter ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*nabją	*nabjō
vocative	*nabją	*nabjō
accusative	*nabją	*nabjō
genitive	*nabjas, *nabis	*nabjǫ̂
dative	*nabjai	*nabjamaz
instrumental	*nabjō	*nabjamiz

Related terms

• *snabulaz
• *snūbaną (?)

Descendants

• Old English: nebb, neb; nypel
  • Middle English: neb; *neble, *nypil, *neple
    • Scots: neb; nebbie; nebbock
    • English: neb; nib; nipple
      • → Dutch: nippel
• Old Frisian: *neb, *nib
  • Saterland Frisian: Nib
  • West Frisian: neb
• Old Saxon: *nebbi
  • Middle Low German: nebbe, nibbe
    • German Low German: Nibbe, Nipp, Niff, Nüff
      • → Occitan: nefa
      • → Italian: niffo, niffa
      • → Picard: nifler; niflette
      • → Walloon: r'nonflé
      • → French: nifler
        • ⇒ French: renifler
      • → Galician: nifrar
    • → Old Swedish: næb n, næbber m
      • Swedish: näbb
• Old Dutch: *nebbi
  • Middle Dutch: nebbe, neb, nyb
    • Dutch: nebbe, neb
• Old High German: *nebbi, *neppi
  • Middle High German:
    • Alemannic German: niffen
    • Bavarian: niffela
  • → Galician: napia
• Old Norse: nef; nebbi
  • Icelandic: nef; nebbi
  • Faroese: nev, nebb, nebbi
  • Norn: nev
  • Norwegian: nebb
  • Old Swedish: næf
    • Swedish: näv (dialectal)
  • Danish: næb