Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tibǭ

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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

Unknown. Perhaps related to the root of Old Norse tík (“bitch”).[1][2] A geminate byform *tibbǭ gave German dialectal Zippe, Zibbe (“ewe; doe (hare, rabbit)”), Icelandic tebba (“vixen”), and possibly English tib (“working-class woman”).[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

*tibǭ f

  1. bitch (female dog)

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *tibǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tibǭ *tibōniz
vocative *tibǭ *tibōniz
accusative *tibōnų *tibōnunz
genitive *tibōniz *tibōnǫ̂
dative *tibōni *tibōmaz
instrumental *tibōnē *tibōmiz

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References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “teef1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ Morris, Richard (1897): Historical Outlines of English Accidence
  3. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “tib(b)ōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 515
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