Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/arbijô

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

From *arbiją (“inheritance”) +‎ *-ijô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑr.βi.jɔːː/

Noun

*arbijô m[1]

heir

Inflection

Declension of *arbijô (an-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*arbijô	*arbijaniz
Vocative	*arbijô	*arbijaniz
Accusative	*arbijanų	*arbijanunz
Genitive	*arbīniz	*arbijanǫ̂
Dative	*arbīni	*arbijammaz
Instrumental	*arbīnē	*arbijammiz

Related terms

*arbijǭ

Descendants

Old English: ierfa, irfa
Old Frisian: erva
- Saterland Frisian: Ierwe, Äärwe
Old Dutch:
- Middle Dutch: erve
  - Dutch: erve (archaic)
Old High German: erbo, arbeo
- Middle High German: erbe
  - German: Erbe
  - Luxembourgish: Ierwen
Proto-Norse: ᚨᚱᛒᛁᛃᚨᚾᛟ (arbijano /arbijanō/) (genitive plural)
- Old Norse: arfi
  - Icelandic: arfi
  - Faroese: arvi
  - Old Swedish: arve
Gothic: 𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌾𐌰 (arbja)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*arbjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 33

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*arbjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 33