Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/abjǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*abjô m

Etymology

From earlier *abjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epyéh₂, from *h₂epó (“from, off, away”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑβ.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*abjǭ f

ebb

Inflection

Declension of *abjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*abjǭ	*abjōniz
vocative	*abjǭ	*abjōniz
accusative	*abjōnų	*abjōnunz
genitive	*abjōniz	*abjōnǫ̂
dative	*abjōni	*abjōmaz
instrumental	*abjōnē	*abjōmiz

Derived terms

*abjōną
- Proto-West Germanic: *abbjōn

Related terms

*ab

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *abbjā
- Old English: ebba m
  - Middle English: ebbe
    - English: ebb
    - Scots: ebb, eb
- Old Frisian: *ebbe f; ebba m
  - North Frisian: ebe
  - Saterland Frisian: Äbbe f
  - West Frisian: ebbe
- Old Saxon: *ebbia; (ebbiunga)
  - Middle Low German: ebbe f
    - German Low German: Ebbe
    - → German: Ebbe
    - → Danish: ebbe
    - → Swedish: ebb
- Old Dutch: *ebba
  - Middle Dutch: ebbe
    - Dutch: eb
      - Afrikaans: eb
- Old High German: *ebba (suggested by derivatives: ebbunga; firebbēn)
Old Norse: efja f
- Icelandic: efja
- Faroese: evja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: evje
- Norwegian: ave m (dialectal)
- Old Swedish: æfia
  - Swedish: ävja
→ Proto-Samic: *vuopējē (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *apaja (see there for further descendants)