Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þrūbō

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

*þrūbā f

Etymology

Uncertain;^[1] probably a secondary analogical full-grade of *þrubō, from Proto-Germanic *þrubô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trup-ḗn ~ *trup-nés, from *trewp- (“to collect, unite”) +‎ *-ḗn, cognate with Hittite 𒋫𒊒𒌒𒍣 (ta-ru-up-zi /⁠tarupzi⁠/, “to collect, unite”).^[2]

Noun

*þrūbō m

cluster
grape
Synonym: *wīnabaʀi

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þrūbō
Genitive	þrūbini, þrūban
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þrūbō	*þrūban
Accusative	*þrūban	*þrūban
Genitive	þrūbini, þrūban	*þrūbanō
Dative	þrūbini, þrūban	*þrūbum
Instrumental	þrūbini, þrūban	*þrūbum

Descendants

Old Saxon: thrūbo, thrūvo m, thrūva, drūva f
- Middle Low German: drûf
  - German Low German: Druve, Druuv f
  - → Saterland Frisian: Druuwe, Druuge, Truuge f
  - → Norwegian: drue
  - → Swedish: druva
  - → Danish: drue
    - → Icelandic: þrúga
  - → Faroese: drúva
- ⇒ Old Saxon: thrūfla f
  - Middle Low German: drûfele
    - German Low German: Druffel, Drubbel
      - → German: Druffel
    - →? Finnish: rypäle
Old Dutch: thrūvo m, *thrūva f
- Middle Dutch: druve, druuf
  - Dutch: druif m or f
    - Negerhollands: drufje
    - → Aukan: doloifi
    - → Papiamentu: drùif, dreif, dreifi
    - → Sranan Tongo: droifi
      - → Caribbean Hindustani: droifi
      - → Caribbean Javanese: droifi
    - Afrikaans: druif
  - Limburgish: droef
  - Zealandic: druve
  - → West Frisian: drúf
Old High German: thrūbo, drūbo m, thrūba, drūba f
- Middle High German: trūbe, troube, drūve f
  - Alemannic German: Truube f
  - German: Traube f
  - Luxembourgish: Drauf f
  - Yiddish: טרויב f (troyb)
- ⇒ Old High German: drappo (remodeled after krappo (“cluster of grapes”))
  - Middle High German: trappe
- ⇒ Old High German: drūbil
  - Middle High German: triubel
    - German: Träubel

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Traube”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 737
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þruban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 548

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Traube”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 737

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þruban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 548

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