Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gēbǭ

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

From *gēbiz +‎ *-ǭ.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣɛː.βɔ̃ː/

Noun

*gēbǭ f^[1]

gift

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *gēbǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gēbǭ	*gēbōniz
vocative	*gēbǭ	*gēbōniz
accusative	*gēbōnų	*gēbōnunz
genitive	*gēbōniz	*gēbōnǫ̂
dative	*gēbōni	*gēbōmaz
instrumental	*gēbōnē	*gēbōmiz

Synonyms

*gebō

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *gābā
- Old Saxon: *gāva
  - Middle Low German: gāve
    - Low German:
      - German Low German: Gaav
      - Westphalian:
        Suerländer-Märkisch: Gaabe
        Westmünsterländisch: Gaabe
    - Plautdietsch: Gow
- Old Dutch: *gāva
  - Middle Dutch: gāve
    - Dutch: gave
      - Afrikaans: gawe
- Old High German: *gāba
  - Middle High German: gābe
    - German: Gabe
    - Luxembourgish: Gof
    - Yiddish: גאָב (gob)
Old Norse: gáfa (late, possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
- Icelandic: gáfa
- Faroese: gáva
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: gave
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: gåve
- Swedish: gāva
  - Swedish: gåva
- Danish: gave (likely borrowed or influenced by Middle Low German)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒēbō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ʒēbō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133

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