Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ubiswō

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

A close relative of *upp.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈu.βi.swɔː/

Noun

*ubiswō f^[1]

eaves

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *ubiswō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ubiswō	*ubiswôz
vocative	*ubiswō	*ubiswôz
accusative	*ubiswǭ	*ubiswōz
genitive	*ubiswōz	*ubiswǫ̂
dative	*ubiswōi	*ubiswōmaz
instrumental	*ubiswō	*ubiswōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *ubisu, *obisu
- Old English: œfis, efis, yfes, *ofes, efes
  - Middle English: eves, oves
    - English: eaves, eave
      - ⇒ Middle English: *eves-wall
        English: eaves-wall
        Scots: easwas, easle, eazle, aisywaas
- Old Frisian: ōse
  - North Frisian: ose
  - Saterland Frisian: Ouse
  - West Frisian: oes
- Old Saxon: *ovisa
  - Middle Low German: ȫvese, ȫsene, ȫsen, ȫse, ȫze
    - Low German: Öse, Ese
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: ovesval, ȫvesval (“eaves-wall”)
- Old Dutch: *uvisa, *ovisa
  - Middle Dutch: ōvese, uevese, ōse, oyse, ōsie
    - Dutch: ozie, euzie
    - ⇒ Dutch: ozing
- Old High German: obisa, obasa
  - Middle High German: obese, obse
    - Bavarian: Obesen (dialectal)
Old Norse: ups
Gothic: 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰 (ubizwa)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel, Kroonen, Guus (2016 December 1) “Traces of Suffix Ablaut in Germanic wō-stems”, in Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik‎, volume 76, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, retrieved May 8, 2022, pages 309–322

[de_Vaan_Kroonen-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel, Kroonen, Guus (2016 December 1) “Traces of Suffix Ablaut in Germanic wō-stems”, in Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik‎, volume 76, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, retrieved May 8, 2022, pages 309–322

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ubiswō

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