Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ubisu
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ubiswō.
Noun
*ubisu f[1]
Inflection
| wō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *ubisu | |
| Genitive | *ubiswā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ubisu | *ubiswō |
| Accusative | *ubiswā | *ubiswā |
| Genitive | *ubiswā | *ubiswō |
| Dative | *ubiswē | *ubiswōm, *ubisum |
| Instrumental | *ubisu | *ubiswōm, *ubisum |
Descendants
- Old English: œfis, efis, yfes, *ofes, efes
- Middle English: eves, oves
- English: eaves, eave
- ⇒ Middle English: *eves-wall
- English: eaves-wall
- Scots: easwas, easle, eazle, aisywaas
- ⇒ Middle English: *eves-wall
- English: eaves, eave
- Middle English: eves, oves
- Old Frisian: ōse
- Old Saxon: *ovisa
- Old Dutch: *uvisa, *ovisa
- Old High German: obisa, obasa
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 285: “PWGmc *ubisu”