Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sibjō

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

Likely derived from pre-Germanic *sebʰi/*sebʰyo, dative singular of reflexive pronoun Proto-Indo-European *s(w)e.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiβ.jɔː/

Noun

*sibjō f

relationship, kinship
friendship

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *sibjō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sibjō	*sibjôz
vocative	*sibjō	*sibjôz
accusative	*sibjǭ	*sibjōz
genitive	*sibjōz	*sibjǫ̂
dative	*sibjōi	*sibjōmaz
instrumental	*sibjō	*sibjōmiz

Derived terms

*sibjaz
*sibjōną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sibbju
- Old English: sibb
  - Middle English: sibbe, sib
    - English: sib
    - Scots: sib
    - → Norn: sib (?)
- Old Frisian: sibbe
  - West Frisian: sibbe
- Old Saxon: sibbia
  - Middle Low German: sibbe
- Old Dutch: *sibba
  - Middle Dutch: sibbe
    - Dutch: sibbe (possibly a loanword from Frisian)
- Old High German: sippea, sibba, sippa
  - Middle High German: sippe
    - German: Sippe
Old Norse: Sif; sifjar pl
- Icelandic: Sif; sifjar pl
- Faroese: Siv
- Old Swedish: sif (in compounds, e.g. guþsif)
- Danish: Sif
Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰 (sibja)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sebjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sebjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 429