Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/garbā

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

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *garbǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʰórbʰ-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab, gather up”).^[1]

Pronunciation

/ˈɣar.baː/

Noun

*garbā f

sheaf
Synonym: *skaub

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*garbā
Genitive	*garbōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*garbā	*garbōn
Accusative	*garbōn	*garbōn
Genitive	*garbōn	*garbōnō
Dative	*garbōn	garbōm, garbum
Instrumental	*garbōn	garbōm, garbum

Alternative reconstructions

*garbu

Descendants

Old Frisian: *jerfe, *iērfe
- Saterland Frisian: Jierwe
Old Saxon: garba, garva
- Middle Low German: garve
  - German Low German: Garve, Garv
  - Plautdietsch: Goaw
Old Dutch: *garva, garava, garova
- Middle Dutch: garve
  - Dutch: garf
Old High German: garba
- Middle High German: garbe, garwe
  - Cimbrian: ghèrba
  - German: Garbe
  - Luxembourgish: Gaarf
  - Yiddish: גאַרב (garb)
→ Old French: garbe, jarbe
- Middle French: garbe, gerbe
  - French: gerbe
    - → English: gerbe
- → Middle English: garbe
  - English: garb
- → Medieval Latin: garba (or via Old High German) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Garbe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 244-245

[EWddS-1] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Garbe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 244-245

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/garbā

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