Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tibā

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tibǭ. A geminate byform *tibbǭ > *tibbā gave German dialectal Zippe, Zibbe (“ewe; doe (hare, rabbit)”), Icelandic tebba (“vixen”), and possibly English tib (“working-class woman”).[1]

Noun

*tibā f

  1. bitch, female dog

Inflection

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *tibā
Genitive *tibōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *tibā *tibōn
Accusative *tibōn *tibōn
Genitive *tibōn *tibōnō
Dative *tibōn *tibōm, *tibum
Instrumental *tibōn *tibōm, *tibum

Descendants

  • Old English: tife
  • Old Frisian: *tive, *teve
  • Old Saxon: *tiva
  • Old Dutch: *tiva
  • >? Old High German: *zibba
    • >? Middle High German: *zibbe, *zippe

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “tib(b)ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 515
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