Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arbijô

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

Etymology

From *arbiją (inheritance) +‎ *-ijô.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑr.βi.jɔːː/

Noun

*arbijô m[1]

  1. heir

Inflection

Declension of *arbijô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *arbijô *arbijaniz
vocative *arbijô *arbijaniz
accusative *arbijanų *arbijanunz
genitive *arbijiniz *arbijanǫ̂
dative *arbijini *arbijammaz
instrumental *arbijinē *arbijammiz

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Old English: ierfa, irfa
  • Old Frisian: erva
  • Old Dutch:
    • Middle Dutch: erve
      • Dutch: erve (archaic)
  • Old High German: erbo, arbeo
  • Proto-Norse: ᚨᚱᛒᛁᛃᚨᚾᛟ (arbijano /⁠arbijanō⁠/) (genitive plural)
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐌰 (arbja)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*arbjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 33