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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Unknown; compare *þebōn (“to be heated”), but the semantic gap is hard to bridge.
Noun
*þebu f
- (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) A young ewe.
Inflection
| ō-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*þebu
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| Genitive
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*þebā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*þebu
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*þebō
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| Accusative
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*þebā
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*þebā
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| Genitive
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*þebā
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*þebō
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| Dative
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*þebē
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*þebōm, *þebum
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| Instrumental
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*þebu
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*þebōm, *þebum
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Descendants
References
- Norbruis, Stefan (2015) “ei”, in Etymological Dictionary of West Frisian Farming Vocabulary, Leiden: Leiden University, page 19: “F. teew, E. theave < *tebō?”.
