Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kabisi

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 *kabisjō.

Noun

*kabisi f

1. concubine

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kabisi
Genitive	*kabissjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kabisi	*kabissjō
Accusative	*kabissjā	*kabissjā
Genitive	*kabissjā	*kabissjō
Dative	*kabissjē	*kabissjōm, *kabissjum
Instrumental	*kabissju	*kabissjōm, *kabissjum

Derived terms

• *kabisijōn

Descendants

• Old English: ċiefes, ċyfys, ċifes, ċyfes
  • Middle English: chevese, chivese
• Old Saxon: kevis
  • Middle Low German: kēvis, kēves
    • Low German: Keves
• Old Dutch: *kevesa
  • Middle Dutch: kēefse, kēvisse, kiese
    • Dutch: kevis (“adultery”)
• Old High German: kebis, chebis, kebisa, chebisa
  • Middle High German: kebes, kebese, kebse
    • → German: Kebse (learned, 18th c.)
  • ⇒ Old High German: kebiswīb
    • Middle High German: kebeswīp
      • German: Kebsweib (inherited)