Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wībą

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

    Unknown, with a number of disputed suggestions. One suggestion connects Tocharian A/B kip/kwīpe (“genitals, female pudenda”) (perhaps also Albanian cipë (“sense of shame, membrane”)), for a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *gʰwíbʰ- (“pudenda”).[1][2] Another suggestion connects Old English wǣfan (“wrap, clothe”), Old Norse vífa (“wrap, veil”) for a suggested original motive of "married woman wearing a scarf", though with no certain further cognates outside of Germanic.[3] Yet another suggestion connects Old High German weibon (“move to and fro”), Old Norse veifa (“swing, throw”), for a motive of "one who is moving busily; housekeeper, maidservant" (cf. German Weibel (“manservant, usher”)). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.βɑ̃/

    Noun

    *wībą n[3]

    1. woman
      Synonym: *kwenǭ
    2. wife
      Hyponym: *frawjǭ
      Synonym: *kwēniz

    Inflection

    Declension of *wībą (neuter a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *wībą *wībō
    vocative *wībą *wībō
    accusative *wībą *wībō
    genitive *wības, *wībis *wībǫ̂
    dative *wībai *wībamaz
    instrumental *wībō *wībamiz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *wīb
      • Old English: wīf
      • Old Frisian: wīf
      • Old Saxon: wīf
        • Middle Low German: wîf
      • Old Dutch: wīf
      • Old High German: wīb
    • Old Norse: víf
      • Icelandic: víf
      • Faroese: vív
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: viv
      • Norwegian Bokmål: viv m or n
      • Old Swedish: vīf
        • Swedish: viv, vif (pre-1906 spelling)
      • Danish: viv

    References

    1. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (1999) A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 238
    2. ^ Klaus Totila Schmit and Klaus Strunk, “Toch. B kwī̆pe ‘Schaum, Schande’, A kip ‘Schaum’ und germ. *wīƀa ‘Weib’”, Indogermanica Europaea: Festschrift für Wolfgang Meid (Graz: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Graz, 1989), pages 251-284
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wība-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 584
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