Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habbjō
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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
Alternative forms
- *haffjō, *habuz, *hafuz, *haffju
Etymology
From *habbjan (“to lift, raise”) + *-ō.
Noun
Declension
| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *habbjō | |
| Genitive | *habbjini, *habbjan | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *habbjō | *habbjan |
| Accusative | *habbjan | *habbjan |
| Genitive | *habbjini, *habbjan | *habbjanō |
| Dative | *habbjini, *habbjan | *habbjum |
| Instrumental | *habbjini, *habbjan | *habbjum |
Descendants
- Old English: hæf, hæfe, hefe
- Old Saxon: *hebbio, *heffio
- Old Dutch: *hebbo, *heffo, *hevo
- Old High German: hevo, heffa, heffe, hephe, heve; heffen, hefun, hephen
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Hefe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 29: “wg. *haf-jön”