Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rebā

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

Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁p- (“to creep”)^[1]. If so, possibly related to Latin rēpō (“to creap, crawl”)^[2].

Noun

*rebā f

ivy

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rebā
Genitive	*rebōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rebā	*rebōn
Accusative	*rebōn	*rebōn
Genitive	*rebōn	*rebōnō
Dative	*rebōn	rebōm, rebum
Instrumental	*rebōn	rebōm, rebum

Descendants

Old Saxon: reva
- Middle Low German: rēbe, rebbe
  - German Low German: Rewe, Reobn
  - → Swedish: reva
Old Dutch: reva
Old High German: reba, röba
- Middle High German: rebe
  - German: Rebe
  - Hunsrik: Reb

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*Hreh₁p-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 500
^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Rebe”, 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 586

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*Hreh₁p-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 500

[2] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Rebe”, 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 586

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