Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/garbā

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

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *garbǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórbʰ-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab, gather up”).

Pronunciation

/ˈɣar.baː/

Noun

*garbā f

1. sheaf

   Synonym: *skaub

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*garbā
Genitive	*garbōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*garbā	*garbōn
Accusative	*garbōn	*garbōn
Genitive	*garbōn	*garbōnō
Dative	*garbōn	*garbōm, *garbum
Instrumental	*garbōn	*garbōm, *garbum

Alternative reconstructions

• *garbu

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *jerfe, *iērfe
  • Saterland Frisian: Jierwe
• Old Saxon: garba, garva
  • Middle Low German: garve
    • German Low German: Garve, Garv
    • Plautdietsch: Goaw
• Old Dutch: *garva, garava, garova
  • Middle Dutch: garve
    • Dutch: garf
• Old High German: garba
  • Middle High German: garbe, garwe
    • Cimbrian: ghèrba
    • German: Garbe
    • Luxembourgish: Gaarf
    • Yiddish: גאַרב (garb)
• → Old French: garbe, jarbe
  • Middle French: garbe, gerbe
    • French: gerbe
      • → English: gerbe
  • → Middle English: garbe
    • English: garb
  • → Medieval Latin: garba (or via Old High German) (see there for further descendants)