Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ībr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Usually connected by ablaut with *aibr (“bitter, sharp”), from Proto-Germanic *aibraz.^[1]

Noun

*ībr m

zeal, eagerness
jealousy

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ībr
Genitive	*ībras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ībr	ībrō, ībrōs
Accusative	*ībr	*ībrā
Genitive	*ībras	*ībrō
Dative	*ībrē	*ībrum
Instrumental	*ībru	*ībrum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Saxon: *īfar
- Middle Low German: īver, yffer, ywer
  - German Low German: iever
    - → West Frisian: iver
  - → Danish: iver
  - → Norwegian: iver
  - → Swedish: iver
Old High German: *īfar
- Middle High German: īfer
  - German: Eifer
    - → Dutch: ijver
  - Luxembourgish: Äifer
  - ⇒ Middle High German: gīversal (“zealful”)
  - ⇒ Middle High German: īferlich (“impassioned”)

References

^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “ijver”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[1] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “ijver”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ībr

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