Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wabją

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

A collective ja-stem nominal from *webaną (“to weave”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑβ.jɑ̃/

Noun

*wabją n

  1. something woven
  2. web

Inflection

Declension of *wabją (neuter ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wabją *wabjō
vocative *wabją *wabjō
accusative *wabją *wabjō
genitive *wabjas, *wabis *wabjǫ̂
dative *wabjai *wabjamaz
instrumental *wabjō *wabjamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wabi
    • Old English: webb
      • Middle English: web, webb, webbe, webe, weob
        • English: web
        • Scots: wab, wob
    • Old Frisian: webb, wobb, web, wob
      • Saterland Frisian: Wäb
      • West Frisian: web
    • Old Saxon: webbi
      • Middle Low German: webbe, wobbe
    • Old Dutch: *webbi
    • Old High German: webbi, weppi
  • Old Norse: vefr m

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wabja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 563
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