Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ribi

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 *ribją.

Noun

*ribi n

rib

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ribi
Genitive	*ribbjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ribi	*ribbju
Accusative	*ribi	*ribbju
Genitive	*ribbjas	*ribbjō
Dative	*ribbjē	*ribbjum
Instrumental	*ribbju	*ribbjum

Descendants

Old English: ribb, rib
- Middle English: ribbe, rib
  - Scots: rib
  - English: rib
Old Frisian: ribb, rebb, rib, reb
- North Frisian: robb, rabb
- Saterland Frisian: Ribbe
- West Frisian: ribbe
Old Saxon: ribbi
- Middle Low German: ribbe, rebbe
  - German Low German: Ribbe, Ribb
  - Low German: Ribbe
  - → Danish: rib
  - → Norwegian: ribbe
  - → Swedish: ribba
Old Dutch: *ribbi
- Middle Dutch: ribbe, rebbe
  - Dutch: ribbe, rib
Old High German: ribi, ribbi, rippi; ribba, rippa
- Middle High German: ribbe, ribe, rippe
  - German: Rippe; Riebe (obsolete)
  - Luxembourgish: Rëpp
  - Vilamovian: rejw
  - Yiddish: ריפּ (rip)