Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dūbā

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

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *dūbǭ.

    Noun

    *dūbā f

    1. dove, pigeon

    Inflection

    ōn-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *dūbā
    Genitive *dūbōn
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *dūbā *dūbōn
    Accusative *dūbōn *dūbōn
    Genitive *dūbōn *dūbōnō
    Dative *dūbōn *dūbōm, *dūbum
    Instrumental *dūbōn *dūbōm, *dūbum

    Descendants

    • Old English: *dūfe
      • Middle English: douve, dove, duve, dowve, dowe, doufe, douf
        • English: dove
        • Scots: doo, dow
    • Old Frisian: *dūve, *dūe
      • Saterland Frisian: Dúve
      • West Frisian: do
    • Old Saxon: dūva
      • Middle Low German: dūve
        • Low German:
          • German Low German: Duuv, Duve, Duuf, Duuw, Düüv, Düüw
          • Dutch Low Saxon: duve, doeve
          • Plautdietsch: Duw, Düw, Duuv, Düüv, Duuw, Düüw, Duv, Düv
        • → Estonian: tuvi
    • Old Dutch: dūva
      • Middle Dutch: duve
        • Dutch: duif
          • Afrikaans: duif
          • Negerhollands: dufje, difi, diffie
          • → Sranan Tongo: doifi
        • Limburgish: doef
    • Old High German: tūba; dūva (West Central German)
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