Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/erbô

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 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

Perhaps connected to Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”) or to Ancient Greek ἔριφος (ériphos, “young goat”), or perhaps connected to Norwegian jarva (“gnaw, chew”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*erbô m

  1. (North Germanic) wolverine

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *erbô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *erbô *erbaniz
vocative *erbô *erbaniz
accusative *erbanų *erbanunz
genitive *irbiniz *erbanǫ̂
dative *irbini *erbammaz
instrumental *irbinē *erbammiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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